GLM 4.5 vs Muse Wonder
Updated October 21, 2026. 31 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
GLM 4.5 and Muse Wonder are level for coding, 64.2 against 64.5 on the Vibe Coding Index, so price and context decide.
Pick GLM 4.5 when output tokens cost 9.1x less. Pick Muse Wonder when the context window is larger, 1.05M against 131K tokens, or when what matters is LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 31
- GLM 4.5 only
- 29
- Muse Wonder only
- 29
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 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, four public coding benchmarks
No call
Level: 64.2 against 64.5, inside 2 points.
One benchmark behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only GLM 4.5 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 12.8.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only GLM 4.5 has a GPQA Diamond result, 72.2%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only GLM 4.5 has a AIME result, 86.7%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only GLM 4.5 has a MMLU Pro result, 81.2%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Muse Wonder
Muse Wonder leads, 1361 against 1170.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Muse Wonder has a Vals Index result, 64.9%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Muse Wonder
Muse Wonder takes 1.05M tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GLM 4.5
GLM 4.5 $0.0017, Muse Wonder $0.014 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- GLM 4.5 64.2 from 1 benchmark, Muse Wonder 64.5 from 1 benchmark.
- Widest category
- Web design, 26.8 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run): GLM 4.5 13.0% against Muse Wonder 50.1%, 37.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GLM 4.5 $2.20 against Muse Wonder $20.00 per million output tokens, 9.1x apart.
- Context window
- GLM 4.5 takes 131K tokens, Muse Wonder 1.05M.
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 | Bars | Muse Wonder | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 4 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 4 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 6 | ||
| General | 0 | 13 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 31 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 64.2% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1652 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 67.5% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 49.5% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 83.1% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 62.5% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.9% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 45.6% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 26.6% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 80.4% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 73.8% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 60.3% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 22.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| WeirdML | 40.6% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 344.8 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1434 | 1522 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1440 | 1515 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1641 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1694 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 12.8 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 161.8 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | Not measured | 1236 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 56.6% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 36.3% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 50.5% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 23.8% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.1% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.0% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 22.9% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 39.1% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| CUA-bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 7.2% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 43.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $9,432 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 72.2% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 27.5% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 78.2% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 13.0% | 50.1% | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1429 | 1506 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1433 | 1513 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1429 | 1506 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 86.7% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 94.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 90.8% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| AA Math Index | 73.7 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 73.7% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 84.0% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1427 | 1486 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1430 | 1514 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 81.2% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 75.6% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 61.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 72.4% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 90.0% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 83.5% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1444 | 1506 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1455 | 1512 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1438 | 1505 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1420 | 1483 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1170 | 1361 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1144 | 1371 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1145 | 1380 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1159 | 1330 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1170 | 1425 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1165 | 1370 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1096 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index013
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 64.9% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 70.2% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| IFBench | 44.1% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 52.7% | 80.7% | Muse Wonder |
| DTBench | Not measured | 95.2% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 56.8% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 73.4% | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1430 | 1502 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1404 | 1491 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1395 | 1491 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: English | 1437 | 1507 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1417 | 1492 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1465 | 1537 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: German | 1407 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1415 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1380 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1418 | 1523 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1454 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1413 | 1522 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1422 | Not measured | Only GLM 4.5 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1415 | 1510 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1412 | 1493 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1403 | 1496 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1404 | 1482 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 | Muse Wonder | 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 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GLM 4.5 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GLM 4.5 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 | Meta Muse Wonder |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Z.ai | Meta |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | July 25, 2025 | October 12, 2026 |
| Context window | 131K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.60 | $4.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.20 | $20.00 |
| Coding index | 64.2 | 64.5 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GLM 4.5 better than Muse Wonder for coding?
GLM 4.5 and Muse Wonder are level for coding, 64.2 against 64.5 on the Vibe Coding Index, so price and context decide. Pick GLM 4.5 when output tokens cost 9.1x less. Pick Muse Wonder when the context window is larger, 1.05M against 131K tokens, or when what matters is LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, GLM 4.5 or Muse Wonder?
GLM 4.5 costs $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Muse Wonder costs $4.00 and $20.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, GLM 4.5 or Muse Wonder?
Muse Wonder, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the GLM 4.5 vs Muse Wonder comparison based on?
31 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GLM 4.5's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Muse Wonder's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.