Nova Premier 1.0 vs GLM 5.1
GLM 5.1 leads Nova Premier 1.0 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 26.1 to 9.2, and GLM 5.1 costs 2.8x less per output token ($4.40 vs $12.50 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 9 benchmarks have a result for both.
Nova Premier 1.0 or GLM 5.1: which to pick
Only GLM 5.1 has a coding score, 49.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova Premier 1.0 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Nova Premier 1.0 for a larger context window (1M against 205K tokens).
- Shared results
- 9
- Nova Premier 1.0 only
- 4
- GLM 5.1 only
- 80
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only GLM 5.1 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GLM 5.1
GLM 5.1 leads, 26.1 against 9.2.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only GLM 5.1 has a AA Agentic Index result, 23.9.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only GLM 5.1 has a GPQA Diamond result, 84.5%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only GLM 5.1 has a AIME result, 91.9%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only GLM 5.1 has a MMLU Pro result, 86.9%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
GLM 5.1
GLM 5.1 leads, 1290 against 835.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Nova Premier 1.0
Nova Premier 1.0 takes 1M tokens against 205K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GLM 5.1
Nova Premier 1.0 $0.0088, GLM 5.1 $0.0036 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only GLM 5.1 has the number, $0.60.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Nova Premier 1.0 not benchmarked, GLM 5.1 49.2 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 59.4 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- τ²-Bench Telecom: Nova Premier 1.0 38.3% against GLM 5.1 97.7%, 59.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Nova Premier 1.0 $12.50 against GLM 5.1 $4.40 per million output tokens, 2.8x apart.
- Context window
- Nova Premier 1.0 takes 1M tokens, GLM 5.1 205K.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Nova Premier 1.0 | Bars | GLM 5.1 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 2 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 1 | ||
| General | 0 | 2 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 9 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | GLM 5.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1508 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 55.8 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 81.4% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 76.4% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 31.5% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 25.8% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 56.9% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 31.7% | Not measured | Only Nova Premier 1.0 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 44.8% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 6.8% | 43.2% | GLM 5.1 |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 57.1% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 147.4 | 887.1 | GLM 5.1 |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1485 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1484 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1505 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1508 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | GLM 5.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 9.2 | 26.1 | GLM 5.1 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 149.8 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | GLM 5.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 23.9 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1175 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1167 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1162 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1180 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1053 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1164 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1170 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1188 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | Not measured | 1315 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 44.8% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 27.9% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 38.3% | 97.7% | GLM 5.1 |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 40.9% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $5,634 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | GLM 5.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 84.5% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 56.9% | 86.8% | GLM 5.1 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.2% | 30.1% | GLM 5.1 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 89.9% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 55.1% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 20.0% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1473 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1478 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1482 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | GLM 5.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 91.9% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| AA Math Index | 17.3 | Not measured | Only Nova Premier 1.0 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 17.3% | Not measured | Only Nova Premier 1.0 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 93.3% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 36.8% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 22.2% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1473 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1470 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | GLM 5.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 86.9% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 84.4% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 51.5% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 64.5% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 71.2% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 41.6% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 73.3% | Not measured | Only Nova Premier 1.0 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 34.0% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1478 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1474 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1465 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1452 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | GLM 5.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 835 | 1290 | GLM 5.1 |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1292 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1265 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1366 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1336 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1268 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1218 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1142 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | GLM 5.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 61.8% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 72.3% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| IFBench | 36.2% | 76.3% | GLM 5.1 |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 34.3% | 73.7% | GLM 5.1 |
| ExploitBench | Not measured | 18.1% | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1463 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1453 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1453 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1476 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1448 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1515 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1467 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1435 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1424 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1470 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1468 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1454 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1449 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1473 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1467 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1454 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1442 | Only GLM 5.1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nova Premier 1.0 | GLM 5.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
GLM 5.1 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GLM 5.1 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GLM 5.1 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Amazon Nova Premier 1.0 | Z.ai GLM 5.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Amazon | Z.ai |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | October 31, 2025 | April 7, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 205K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.50 | $1.40 |
| Output $/Mtok | $12.50 | $4.40 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 49.2 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.60 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Nova Premier 1.0 better than GLM 5.1 for coding?
Only GLM 5.1 has a coding score, 49.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nova Premier 1.0 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Nova Premier 1.0 for a larger context window (1M against 205K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Nova Premier 1.0 or GLM 5.1?
Nova Premier 1.0 costs $2.50 per million input tokens and $12.50 per million output tokens; GLM 5.1 costs $1.40 and $4.40. Cost per solved task is known for GLM 5.1 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Nova Premier 1.0 or GLM 5.1?
Nova Premier 1.0, with 1M tokens against 205K.
How many benchmarks is the Nova Premier 1.0 vs GLM 5.1 comparison based on?
9 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Nova Premier 1.0's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and GLM 5.1's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.