GLM 5 Turbo vs GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) costs 6.7x less per output token than GLM 5 Turbo ($0.60 vs $4.00 per million). Updated October 23, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $4.00
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $0.60
GLM 5 Turbo or GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18): which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick GLM 5 Turbo for a larger context window (203K against 128K tokens).
No benchmark has tested both yet. GLM 5 Turbo has results on Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), ALE-Bench and AA Intelligence Index; GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) on Aider polyglot, WeirdML and LMArena Text: coding. Compare them on price and context instead.
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
No call
Only GLM 5 Turbo has a AA Intelligence Index result, 26.6.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only GLM 5 Turbo has a Design Arena: websites result, 1262.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
GLM 5 Turbo
GLM 5 Turbo takes 203K tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)
GLM 5 Turbo $0.0032, GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) $0.0004 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- GLM 5 Turbo not benchmarked, GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- GLM 5 Turbo $4.00 against GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) $0.60 per million output tokens, 6.7x apart.
- Context window
- GLM 5 Turbo takes 203K tokens, GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) 128K.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index6 boards measured
| Benchmark | GLM 5 Turbo | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | Not measured | 3.6% | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 33.3% | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 11.8% | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| ALE-Bench | 634.0 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1289 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1291 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | GLM 5 Turbo | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 26.6 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | GLM 5 Turbo | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 98.5% | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| BALROG | Not measured | 17.4% | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10 boards measured
| Benchmark | GLM 5 Turbo | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 84.7% | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 27.8% | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 37.7% | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 10.7% | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 3.0% | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 12.0% | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| VPCT | Not measured | 34.0% | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1267 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1235 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1278 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
| Benchmark | GLM 5 Turbo | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 6.9% | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 0.7% | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| MATH level 5 | Not measured | 52.6% | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1267 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1271 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards measured
| Benchmark | GLM 5 Turbo | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 8.3% | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| MMLU | Not measured | 76.7% | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| GeoBench | Not measured | 64.0% | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1286 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1282 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1305 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1265 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards measured
| Benchmark | GLM 5 Turbo | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1262 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1261 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1247 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1264 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1248 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1261 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1205 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1160 | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index23 boards measured
| Benchmark | GLM 5 Turbo | GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 73.2% | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 71.7% | Not measured | Only GLM 5 Turbo measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | Not measured | 67.2% | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1286 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1258 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1268 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1066 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1301 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1266 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1265 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1272 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1216 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1195 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1297 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1276 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1275 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1244 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1285 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1289 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1282 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1253 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1072 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1033 | Only GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 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
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) 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 5 Turbo | OpenAI GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Z.ai | OpenAI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | March 15, 2026 | July 18, 2024 |
| Context window | 203K | 128K |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.20 | $0.15 |
| Output $/Mtok | $4.00 | $0.60 |
| 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 5 Turbo better than GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GLM 5 Turbo for a larger context window (203K against 128K tokens).
Which is cheaper, GLM 5 Turbo or GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)?
GLM 5 Turbo costs $1.20 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens; GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) costs $0.15 and $0.60. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, GLM 5 Turbo or GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)?
GLM 5 Turbo, with 203K tokens against 128K.
Has any benchmark tested both GLM 5 Turbo and GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18)?
No benchmark has tested both yet. GLM 5 Turbo has results on Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), ALE-Bench and AA Intelligence Index; GPT-4o-mini (2024-07-18) on Aider polyglot, WeirdML and LMArena Text: coding. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 23, 2026.