Data points: 87
Model compare
The readout for GLM-4.5V and GLM-5, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: GLM-5. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
GLM-5
GLM-5 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 8 to 92.
Evidence depth
87 data points
Includes 10 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 9 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with GLM-5
The charts below split 19 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for GLM-4.5V and GLM-5: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | GLM-4.5V | GLM-5 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Contender | Leading |
| Weighted overall score | 8.0 pts | 92.0 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 0 categories | 3 categories |
| Operational advantages | Average speed, First-token latency | Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage |
| Context window | 65.5K tokens | 202.8K tokens |
| Max output | 16.4K tokens | 202.8K tokens |
| Modalities | Input TextImage Output Text | Input |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | GLM-4.5V | GLM-5 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Z.ai | Z.ai |
| Released | Aug 2025 | Feb 2026 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | Other | Other |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-12-31 | No data |
| OpenRouter ID | z-ai/glm-4.5v | z-ai/glm-5 |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for GLM-4.5V and GLM-5: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
GLM-4.5V
GLM-4.5V has these operational advantages: Average speed, First-token latency.
GLM-5
GLM-5 is stronger in benchmark categories (Coding, Reasoning, Math) and operational dimensions (Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage).
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
GLM-4.5V
47.1
Avg. score
GLM-5
48.5
GLM-5
GLM-5 leads by 10.5
GLM-5 leads by 1.1
GLM-5
GLM-5 leads by 1.6
GLM-5
GLM-5
GLM-5
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
GLM-4.5V
1.83 s
Rank #97/139 · confidence 4
GLM-5
winner0.76 s
Rank #38/139 · confidence 4
GLM-4.5V
winner1.83 s
Rank #54/139 · confidence 4
GLM-5
63.52 s
Rank #126/139 · confidence 4
GLM-4.5V
41.3 tok/s
Rank #126/139 · confidence 4
GLM-5
winner49.5 tok/s
Rank #113/139 · confidence 4
GLM-4.5V
winner$1.80/M
Rank #60/163 · confidence 4
GLM-5
$3.20/M
Rank #90/163 · confidence 4
GLM-4.5V
winner$0.900/M
Rank #72/163 · confidence 4
GLM-5
$1.55/M
Rank #94/163 · confidence 4
GLM-4.5V
winner$0.600/M
Rank #81/163 · confidence 4
GLM-5
$1.00/M
Rank #100/163 · confidence 4
GLM-4.5V
75.1%
Rank #88/125 · confidence 4
GLM-5
winner85.7%
Rank #23/125 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-4.5V
3.6%
Rank #172/186 · confidence 4
GLM-5
winner27.2%
Rank #37/186 · confidence 4
GLM-4.5V
57.3%
Rank #151/187 · confidence 4
GLM-5
winner82.0%
Rank #66/187 · confidence 4
GLM-4.5V
18.8%
Rank #174/184 · confidence 4
GLM-5
winner46.2%
Rank #31/184 · confidence 4
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | GLM-4.5V | GLM-5 |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | GLM-4.5V | GLM-5 |
|---|---|---|
30 tests | GLM-4.5V speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GLM-5 speed / latency 57 tok/s / 16879ms input / output No data |
30 tests | GLM-4.5V speed / latency 73 tok/s / 6154ms input / output No data | GLM-5 speed / latency 44 tok/s / 27770ms input / output No data |
10 tests | GLM-4.5V speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GLM-5 speed / latency 41 tok/s / 18111ms input / output No data |
0 tests | GLM-4.5V speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GLM-5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
0 tests | GLM-4.5V speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GLM-5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
GLM-4.5V glm-4.5v speed / latency No data input / output $0.250/M/$0.750/M | GLM-5 glm-5 speed / latency No data input / output $1.00/M | |
GLM-4.5V glm-4.5v speed / latency No data input / output $0.274/M/$1.10/M | GLM-5 glm-5 speed / latency No data input / output $0.822/M | |
GLM-4.5V glm-4.5v speed / latency No data input / output $0.479/M/$1.44/M | GLM-5 glm-5 speed / latency No data input / output $0.537/M | |
GLM-4.5V zai-org/GLM-4.5V speed / latency No data input / output $0.509/M/$1.53/M | GLM-5 glm-5 speed / latency No data input / output $95.45/M |
Weighted outcome: GLM-5. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Output
| Features | Text inputImage inputText outputTool callingJSON modeReasoning | Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning |
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