GPT-5.6 Sol vs GLM-4.6
OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol | Z.ai GLM-4.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | OpenAI | Z.ai |
| Release date | Jun 26 2026 | Sep 30 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 355B |
Context window | — | 200k |
| Benchmarks | ||
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. | — | 68% |
Agentic terminal coding Terminal-Bench 2.1Can the AI work in a command-line terminal — running commands and finishing technical setup tasks the way a developer would? Higher is better. | 88.8% | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | GLM-4.6 shipped 269 days before GPT-5.6 Sol | |
Which is better: GPT-5.6 Sol or GLM-4.6?
GPT-5.6 Sol and GLM-4.6 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. GLM-4.6 shipped 269 days before GPT-5.6 Sol, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
GPT-5.6 Sol is proprietary, while GLM-4.6 is open weight.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — GPT-5.6 Sol and GLM-4.6 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
GPT-5.6 Sol was released by OpenAI on Jun 26 2026.
GLM-4.6 was released by Z.ai on Sep 30 2025.
GPT-5.6 Sol is a proprietary model released by OpenAI. GLM-4.6 is an open weight model released by Z.ai.
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