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o1 vs GLM-4.6

OpenAI
o1
Z.ai
GLM-4.6
Overview
CompanyOpenAIZ.ai
Release dateDec 5 2024Sep 30 2025
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Specifications
Parameters
355B
Context window
200k
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
68%
Timeline
Release gapo1 shipped 299 days before GLM-4.6

Which is better: o1 or GLM-4.6?

o1 and GLM-4.6 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. o1 shipped 299 days before GLM-4.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

o1 is proprietary, while GLM-4.6 is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — o1 and GLM-4.6 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

o1 was released by OpenAI on Dec 5 2024.

GLM-4.6 was released by Z.ai on Sep 30 2025.

o1 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI. GLM-4.6 is an open weight model released by Z.ai.

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