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GLM 5.3 Flash vs GPT-4.1
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
GLM 5.3 Flash wins on 6/6 benchmarks
GLM 5.3 Flash wins 6 of 6 shared benchmarks. Leads in reasoning · knowledge · math.
Category leads
reasoning·GLM 5.3 Flashknowledge·GLM 5.3 Flashmath·GLM 5.3 Flash
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GLM 5.3 Flash
#151 by perf·#3 by attention
GPT-4.1
#201 by perf·no signal
Best value
GLM 5.3 Flash
102.4x better value than GPT-4.1
GLM 5.3 Flash
813.2 pts/$
$0.06/M
GPT-4.1
7.9 pts/$
$5.00/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
z-ai
private · undisclosed
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
6 benchmarks · 2 models
GLM 5.3 FlashGPT-4.1
ARC-AGI
GLM 5.3 Flash leads by +85.5
ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization.
GLM 5.3 Flash
91.0
GPT-4.1
5.5
ARC-AGI-2
GLM 5.3 Flash leads by +65.4
ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data.
GLM 5.3 Flash
65.8
GPT-4.1
0.4
Chess Puzzles
GLM 5.3 Flash leads by +10.5
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
GLM 5.3 Flash
16.9
GPT-4.1
6.4
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
GLM 5.3 Flash leads by +52.4
GLM 5.3 Flash
58.7
GPT-4.1
6.3
GPQA diamond
GLM 5.3 Flash leads by +34.6
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
GLM 5.3 Flash
90.5
GPT-4.1
55.9
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
GLM 5.3 Flash leads by +55.6
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
GLM 5.3 Flash
93.9
GPT-4.1
38.3
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GLM 5.3 Flash | GPT-4.1 |
|---|---|---|
ARC-AGI ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization. | 91.0 | 5.5 |
ARC-AGI-2 ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data. | 65.8 | 0.4 |
Chess Puzzles Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities. | 16.9 | 6.4 |
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private | 58.7 | 6.3 |
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 90.5 | 55.9 |
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills. | 93.9 | 38.3 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.04 | $0.08 | 1.0M tokens (~524 books) | $0.50 | |
| $2.00 | $8.00 | 1.0M tokens (~524 books) | $35.00 |