GLM 5V Turbo vs MiniMax M2.1
GLM 5V Turbo leads MiniMax M2.1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 23.5 to 20.9, and MiniMax M2.1 costs 3.3x less per output token ($1.20 vs $4.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 14 benchmarks have a result for both.
GLM 5V Turbo or MiniMax M2.1: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick GLM 5V Turbo for work measured by GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) or Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 14
- GLM 5V Turbo only
- 51
- MiniMax M2.1 only
- 20
- 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
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
GLM 5V Turbo
GLM 5V Turbo leads, 23.5 against 20.9.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only MiniMax M2.1 has a GPQA Diamond result, 78.5%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only MiniMax M2.1 has a AIME result, 77.9%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only MiniMax M2.1 has a MMLU Pro result, 87.0%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
GLM 5V Turbo
GLM 5V Turbo leads, 1230 against 1201.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
MiniMax M2.1
MiniMax M2.1 takes 205K tokens against 203K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
MiniMax M2.1
GLM 5V Turbo $0.0032, MiniMax M2.1 $0.0009 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only MiniMax M2.1 has the number, $0.59.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- GLM 5V Turbo not benchmarked, MiniMax M2.1 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 13.2 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- τ²-Bench Telecom: GLM 5V Turbo 98.5% against MiniMax M2.1 85.4%, 13.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GLM 5V Turbo $4.00 against MiniMax M2.1 $1.20 per million output tokens, 3.3x apart.
- Context window
- GLM 5V Turbo takes 203K tokens, MiniMax M2.1 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 | GLM 5V Turbo | Bars | MiniMax M2.1 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 2 | ||
| Web design | 5 | 2 | ||
| General | 1 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 9 | 5 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index10
| Benchmark | GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1402 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 81.8% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 74.8% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 81.0% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 32.6% | 28.8% | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Terminal-Bench | Not measured | 36.6% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 623.8 | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1466 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1460 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1386 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1356 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1425 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 23.5 | 20.9 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1124 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1149 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1134 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1267 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 957 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1102 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | 1060 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1126 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 98.5% | 85.4% | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 78.5% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 80.9% | 83.0% | MiniMax M2.1 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 17.1% | 23.2% | MiniMax M2.1 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1443 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1453 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1456 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1286 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1273 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 77.9% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 89.0% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | Not measured | 87.8% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 82.7 | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 82.7% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1442 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1447 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 87.0% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 75.5% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 55.8% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 58.9% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.3% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | Not measured | 91.2% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 34.1% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 87.5% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1448 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1433 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1436 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1435 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index52
| Benchmark | GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1230 | 1201 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1210 | 1220 | MiniMax M2.1 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1218 | 1134 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1202 | 1206 | MiniMax M2.1 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1208 | 1164 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1227 | 1190 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1150 | 1131 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1116 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.1 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 80.8% | Only MiniMax M2.1 measured |
| IFBench | 61.1% | 69.9% | MiniMax M2.1 |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 70.3% | 67.7% | GLM 5V Turbo |
| LMArena Text | 1437 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1423 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1417 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1264 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1454 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1420 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1491 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1422 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1397 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1443 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1452 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1432 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1432 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1431 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1438 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1420 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1407 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1274 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1329 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1270 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1268 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1264 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1241 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1252 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Document | 1416 | Not measured | Only GLM 5V Turbo 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 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.1 | 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
MiniMax M2.1 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
MiniMax M2.1 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
MiniMax M2.1 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 | Z.ai GLM 5V Turbo | MiniMax M2.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Z.ai | MiniMax |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | April 1, 2026 | December 23, 2025 |
| Context window | 203K | 205K |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.20 | $0.30 |
| Output $/Mtok | $4.00 | $1.20 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.59 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GLM 5V Turbo better than MiniMax M2.1 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GLM 5V Turbo for work measured by GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) or Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, GLM 5V Turbo or MiniMax M2.1?
GLM 5V Turbo costs $1.20 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens; MiniMax M2.1 costs $0.30 and $1.20. Cost per solved task is known for MiniMax M2.1 only.
Which has the bigger context window, GLM 5V Turbo or MiniMax M2.1?
MiniMax M2.1, with 205K tokens against 203K.
How many benchmarks is the GLM 5V Turbo vs MiniMax M2.1 comparison based on?
14 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. GLM 5V Turbo's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and MiniMax M2.1's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.