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GLM 5V Turbo vs MiniMax M2.5

Updated October 21, 2026. 44 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

Replace GLM 5V Turbo Replace MiniMax M2.5
GLM 5V TurboZ.ai
Coding
28.8
Overall
23.5
Output $/M
$4.00
38
MiniMax M2.5MiniMax
Coding
59.4
Overall
22.8
Output $/M
$0.95
6
vs boards won of 44 shared

Decision reading

Pick MiniMax M2.5 for coding: it scores 59.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 28.8 for GLM 5V Turbo.

Pick GLM 5V Turbo when what matters is LMArena WebDev or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.

Model AGLM 5V TurboZ.ai28.8/1001 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BMiniMax M2.5MiniMax59.4/1002 independent benchmarks$0.62 per solved task
Shared results
44
GLM 5V Turbo only
21
MiniMax M2.5 only
23
Like-for-like categories
8 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.

At a glance

Coding index
GLM 5V Turbo 28.8 from 1 benchmark, MiniMax M2.5 59.4 from 2 benchmarks.
Widest category
General, 13.3 points apart on average over 18 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena Text: Korean: GLM 5V Turbo 1397 against MiniMax M2.5 1233, 27.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
GLM 5V Turbo $4.00 against MiniMax M2.5 $0.95 per million output tokens, 4.2x apart.
Context window
GLM 5V Turbo takes 203K tokens, MiniMax M2.5 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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGLM 5V TurboBarsMiniMax M2.5Ties
Coding42
Intelligence10
Agentic work10
Reasoning32
Math20
Knowledge40
Web design70
General162
All shared boards386
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index42
Coding benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and MiniMax M2.5
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboMiniMax M2.5Leader
SWE-bench VerifiedNot measured75.8%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
SWE-bench MultilingualNot measured68.3%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena WebDev14021386GLM 5V Turbo
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured79.2%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured74.2%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured14.8%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)32.6%34.8%MiniMax M2.5
Terminal-BenchNot measured42.7%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
ALE-BenchNot measured618.2Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena Text: coding14661380GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: software and IT14601383GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena WebDev: React13861374GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena WebDev: HTML13561414MiniMax M2.5
LMArena WebDev: from an image1425Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and MiniMax M2.5
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboMiniMax M2.5Leader
AA Intelligence Index23.522.8GLM 5V Turbo
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured146.6Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and MiniMax M2.5
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboMiniMax M2.5Leader
Design Arena: agents building web apps1124Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps1149Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps1134Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Design Arena: agents building Android apps1267Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Design Arena: agents building Godot games957Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Design Arena: agents building games1102Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Design Arena: HTML slides1120Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides1152Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
τ²-Bench Telecom98.5%95.3%GLM 5V Turbo
Vending-Bench 2Not measured-$23Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index32
Reasoning benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and MiniMax M2.5
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboMiniMax M2.5Leader
GPQA DiamondNot measured82.1%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)80.9%84.8%MiniMax M2.5
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)17.1%20.5%MiniMax M2.5
ARC-AGINot measured63.7%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured4.9%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14431372GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: expert14531378GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14561384GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Vision: diagrams1286Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: homework1273Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and MiniMax M2.5
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboMiniMax M2.5Leader
AIMENot measured88.8%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
ProofBenchNot measured4.0%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena Text: math14421378GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: mathematical work14471378GLM 5V Turbo
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and MiniMax M2.5
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboMiniMax M2.5Leader
MMLU ProNot measured80.1%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured80.0%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)Not measured53.5%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured59.6%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured68.2%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
MedQA (Vals AI)Not measured92.5%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena Text: science14481369GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14331357GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: legal and government14361366GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: business and finance14351356GLM 5V Turbo
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
Web design benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and MiniMax M2.5
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboMiniMax M2.5Leader
Design Arena: websites12301222GLM 5V Turbo
Design Arena: UI components12131172GLM 5V Turbo
Design Arena: game dev12191176GLM 5V Turbo
Design Arena: data viz12021171GLM 5V Turbo
Design Arena: 3D12091170GLM 5V Turbo
Design Arena: all code categories12281207GLM 5V Turbo
Design Arena: SVG11511147GLM 5V Turbo
Design Arena: ASCII art1118Not measuredOnly 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 index162
General benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and MiniMax M2.5
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboMiniMax M2.5Leader
IFBench61.1%71.6%MiniMax M2.5
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)70.3%73.3%MiniMax M2.5
CL-benchNot measured11.4%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
CL-bench LifeNot measured6.3%Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena Text14371359GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: instruction following14231353GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: creative writing14171331GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Vision1264Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Text: English14541380GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: non-English14201338GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: Chinese14911393GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: German14221361GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1171Only MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena Text: Korean13971233GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: French14431363GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: Spanish14521353GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: Russian14321359GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: Polish14321334GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: multi-turn14311364GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: longer queries14381366GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: writing and language14201345GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14071329GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Vision: English1274Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1329Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1270Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: humor1268Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: captioning1264Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1241Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1252Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Document1416Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and MiniMax M2.5
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboMiniMax M2.5Leader
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 5V Turbo$0.0032Fits in one request
MiniMax M2.5$0.0007Fits in one request

MiniMax M2.5 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

GLM 5V Turbo$0.072Fits in one request
MiniMax M2.5$0.016Fits in one request

MiniMax M2.5 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

GLM 5V Turbo$0.280Exceeds the context window
MiniMax M2.5$0.064Exceeds the context window

MiniMax M2.5 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.

Specifications of GLM 5V Turbo and MiniMax M2.5
SpecificationZ.ai GLM 5V TurboMiniMax M2.5
MakerZ.aiMiniMax
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedApril 1, 2026February 12, 2026
Context window203K205K
Input $/Mtok$1.20$0.27
Output $/Mtok$4.00$0.95
Coding index28.859.4
Independent measurements behind it12
Cost per solved taskNot computable$0.62
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is GLM 5V Turbo better than MiniMax M2.5 for coding?

Pick MiniMax M2.5 for coding: it scores 59.4 on the Vibe Coding Index against 28.8 for GLM 5V Turbo. Pick GLM 5V Turbo when what matters is LMArena WebDev or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, GLM 5V Turbo or MiniMax M2.5?

GLM 5V Turbo costs $1.20 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens; MiniMax M2.5 costs $0.27 and $0.95. Cost per solved task is known for MiniMax M2.5 only.

Which has the bigger context window, GLM 5V Turbo or MiniMax M2.5?

MiniMax M2.5, with 205K tokens against 203K.

How many benchmarks is the GLM 5V Turbo vs MiniMax M2.5 comparison based on?

44 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GLM 5V Turbo's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and MiniMax M2.5's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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