GPT-5.1 vs GLM-4.6
OpenAI GPT-5.1 | Z.ai GLM-4.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | OpenAI | Z.ai |
| Release date | Nov 12 2025 | Sep 30 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 355B |
Context window | — | 200k |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 25% | — |
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 76.3%Best | 68% |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 88.1% | — |
Multimodal MMMUTests the AI on understanding images and text together across many college subjects. Higher is better. | 76% | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | GLM-4.6 shipped 43 days before GPT-5.1 | |
Which is better: GPT-5.1 or GLM-4.6?
GPT-5.1 leads GLM-4.6 on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (SWE-Bench Verified). GLM-4.6 shipped 43 days before GPT-5.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
GPT-5.1 is proprietary, while GLM-4.6 is open weight.
On SWE-Bench Verified, GPT-5.1 leads at 76.3% vs GLM-4.6 at 68%.
Frequently asked questions
GPT-5.1 was released by OpenAI on Nov 12 2025.
GLM-4.6 was released by Z.ai on Sep 30 2025.
GPT-5.1 leads on SWE-Bench Verified — GPT-5.1 76.3% vs GLM-4.6 68%.
GPT-5.1 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI. GLM-4.6 is an open weight model released by Z.ai.