Which is better for coding — GLM-4.5 or GLM-5?

Direct comparison on the SWE-Bench benchmark is not available. We recommend reviewing other metrics on the comparison page.

Which model is cheaper — GLM-4.5 or GLM-5?

GLM-5 is cheaper for input: $0.00 per 1M tokens vs $0.60.

Which has a larger context window — GLM-4.5 or GLM-5?

GLM-5 supports a larger context: 200,000 tokens vs 131,072.

GLM-4.5 vs GLM-5: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

Characteristic	GLM-4.5	GLM-5
Company	Zhipu AI	Zhipu AI
Release Date	July 27, 2025	February 10, 2026
Parameters	355B	744B
Multimodal	No	No
Context (input)	131K	200K
Context (output)	98K	128K
Input Price / 1M	$0.60	—
Output Price / 1M	$2.20	$0.00
Average Score	0.8	0.7

Verdict

GLM-5 leads in 2 out of 3 comparison categories.

Overall Performance

Both models show comparable average scores: GLM-4.5 — 0.8, GLM-5 — 0.7.

Context Window

GLM-5 supports a larger context: 200K vs 131K tokens.

Recency

GLM-5 is newer: released 2/10/2026 vs 7/27/2025.

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