GLM 4.5 Air vs o1
Updated October 21, 2026. 36 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
GLM 4.5 Air has the edge where output tokens cost 54.5x less, and where what matters is AA Intelligence Index or τ²-Bench Telecom, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 36
- GLM 4.5 Air only
- 11
- o1 only
- 32
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
o1
o1 leads, 15.2 against 11.1.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only o1 has a GPQA Diamond result, 73.2%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only o1 has a AIME result, 71.5%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only o1 has a MMLU Pro result, 83.5%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only GLM 4.5 Air has a Design Arena: websites result, 1147.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
o1
o1 takes 200K tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GLM 4.5 Air
GLM 4.5 Air $0.0008, o1 $0.045 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- GLM 4.5 Air not benchmarked, o1 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 16.1 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- IFBench: GLM 4.5 Air 37.6% against o1 70.3%, 32.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GLM 4.5 Air $1.10 against o1 $60.00 per million output tokens, 54.5x apart.
- Context window
- GLM 4.5 Air takes 131K tokens, o1 200K.
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 | GLM 4.5 Air | Bars | o1 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 4 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 3 | 1 | 1 tie | |
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 1 | ||
| General | 10 | 8 | ||
| All shared boards | 23 | 12 | 1 tie |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index40
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 Air | o1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | Not measured | 61.7% | Only o1 measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 39.7 | Only o1 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 50.3% | Only o1 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 68.4% | 67.9% | GLM 4.5 Air |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 20.5% | 12.9% | GLM 4.5 Air |
| GSO-Bench | 2.9% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 46.1% | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1397 | 1367 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1401 | 1366 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 Air | o1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 11.1 | 15.2 | o1 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 141.7 | Only o1 measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 Air | o1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 46.5% | 62.6% | o1 |
| METR time horizons | Not measured | 51.1% | Only o1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index31
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 Air | o1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 73.2% | Only o1 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 77.4% | Only o1 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 73.3% | 74.7% | o1 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 7.0% | 7.0% | Tie |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 76.8% | Only o1 measured |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 30.7% | Only o1 measured |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 40.1% | Only o1 measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 10.0% | Only o1 measured |
| VPCT | Not measured | 37.0% | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1379 | 1371 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1370 | 1361 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1388 | 1372 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 Air | o1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 71.5% | Only o1 measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 90.4% | Only o1 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 89.3% | Only o1 measured |
| AA Math Index | 80.7 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 80.7% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 73.3% | Only o1 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 14.7% | Only o1 measured |
| MATH level 5 | Not measured | 94.7% | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1396 | 1388 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1396 | 1390 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index41
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 Air | o1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 83.5% | Only o1 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 80.4% | Only o1 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 74.3% | Only o1 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 96.5% | Only o1 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 81.5% | 84.1% | o1 |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 41.1% | Only o1 measured |
| GeoBench | Not measured | 80.0% | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1407 | 1369 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1402 | 1355 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1382 | 1368 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1371 | 1328 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 Air | o1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1147 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1123 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1094 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1186 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1122 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1137 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1071 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index108
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 Air | o1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 37.6% | 70.3% | o1 |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 46.7% | 65.0% | o1 |
| DTBench | Not measured | 74.7% | Only o1 measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 22.3% | Only o1 measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | Not measured | 83.3% | Only o1 measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | Not measured | 70.2% | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1384 | 1366 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1354 | 1367 | o1 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1343 | 1347 | o1 |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1168 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1397 | 1372 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1366 | 1358 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1426 | 1394 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| LMArena Text: German | 1377 | 1337 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1348 | 1346 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1308 | 1396 | o1 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1400 | 1344 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1385 | 1345 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1373 | 1356 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1368 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 Air measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1371 | 1355 | GLM 4.5 Air |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1366 | 1378 | o1 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1354 | 1360 | o1 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1339 | 1358 | o1 |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1162 | Only o1 measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1235 | Only o1 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 Air | o1 | 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 4.5 Air costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GLM 4.5 Air costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GLM 4.5 Air 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 | Z.ai GLM 4.5 Air | OpenAI o1 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Z.ai | OpenAI |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | July 25, 2025 | December 17, 2024 |
| Context window | 131K | 200K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.20 | $15.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.10 | $60.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GLM 4.5 Air better than o1 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. GLM 4.5 Air has the edge where output tokens cost 54.5x less, and where what matters is AA Intelligence Index or τ²-Bench Telecom, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, GLM 4.5 Air or o1?
GLM 4.5 Air costs $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.10 per million output tokens; o1 costs $15.00 and $60.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, GLM 4.5 Air or o1?
o1, with 200K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the GLM 4.5 Air vs o1 comparison based on?
36 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GLM 4.5 Air's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and o1's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.