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Z.ai GLM 5 VS OpenAI GPT-5.4 Mini

GLM 5 vs GPT-5.4 Mini: which wins at real work?

22 task areas · same graded test runs · rank comparison only, so 0–100 and Elo collections never mix raw scores.

GPT-5.4 Mini wins 17 of 22 task areas we tested; GLM 5 takes 5. GLM 5 costs 2.1× less per token ($2.52 vs $5.25 per 1M).

5
Task areas won
17
49
Avg percentile
63
0
Top-3 finishes
2
$2.52
Price / 1M tokens
$5.25
Z.ai
Provider
OpenAI

GLM 5 costs 2.1× less per token ($2.52 vs $5.25 per 1M).

Task by task

Task area GLM 5 GPT-5.4 Mini Winner
Structured Output #94 / 113
Strong
#1 / 113
Excellent
GPT-5.4 Mini
Product & Project Management #58 / 110
Strong
#19 / 110
Excellent
GPT-5.4 Mini
Frontend & Landing Pages #76 / 109
Weak
#38 / 109
Needs editing
GPT-5.4 Mini
Research & Competitive Analysis #48 / 110
Strong
#11 / 110
Excellent
GPT-5.4 Mini
Presentations & Decks #49 / 110
Excellent
#16 / 110
Excellent
GPT-5.4 Mini
Summarization & Meeting Notes #48 / 110
Excellent
#19 / 110
Excellent
GPT-5.4 Mini
Sales #68 / 110
Usable
#40 / 110
Usable
GPT-5.4 Mini
Chef / Home Cooking #57 / 126
Usable
#83 / 126
Usable
GLM 5
Executive Assistant #62 / 112
Strong
#87 / 112
Usable
GLM 5
Content & Brand #60 / 124
Strong
#84 / 124
Usable
GLM 5
Landing Pages #69 / 72
Needs editing
#45 / 72
Usable
GPT-5.4 Mini
Data & Analytics #43 / 110
Excellent
#65 / 110
Excellent
GLM 5
Knowledge & Docs #24 / 110
Strong
#3 / 110
Excellent
GPT-5.4 Mini
AI Strategy #66 / 126
Strong
#48 / 126
Strong
GPT-5.4 Mini
Creative & Comedy #72 / 110 #56 / 110 GPT-5.4 Mini
Customer Support #35 / 113
Strong
#21 / 113
Strong
GPT-5.4 Mini
Coding #36 / 115
Strong
#24 / 115
Strong
GPT-5.4 Mini
Training & Education #67 / 110
Strong
#79 / 110
Strong
GLM 5
Legal & HR #37 / 110
Excellent
#26 / 110
Excellent
GPT-5.4 Mini
Investor & Pitch #62 / 66
Usable
#52 / 66
Usable
GPT-5.4 Mini
RAG, Safety & Grounding #47 / 113
Excellent
#42 / 113
Excellent
GPT-5.4 Mini
Translation & Localization #26 / 110
Excellent
#21 / 110
Excellent
GPT-5.4 Mini

Rank = position among every model config we tested in that task area (lower is better). Sorted by biggest gap first.

Frequently asked

Is GLM 5 better than GPT-5.4 Mini?

Across 22 task areas we benchmarked, GPT-5.4 Mini ranks higher in 17 and GLM 5 in 5.

Which is cheaper, GLM 5 or GPT-5.4 Mini?

GLM 5 costs 2.1× less per token ($2.52 vs $5.25 per 1M).

What is GLM 5 better at?

GLM 5 out-ranks GPT-5.4 Mini at Chef / Home Cooking, Executive Assistant, Content & Brand.

What is GPT-5.4 Mini better at?

GPT-5.4 Mini out-ranks GLM 5 at Structured Output, Product & Project Management, Frontend & Landing Pages.

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Prompt × model results

12 test cases · 3 evals
Claude Opus
GPT-5
Gemini
v1
7.1
6.8
7.4
v2
8.3
7.9
8.0
v3
9.2
8.6
8.4
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9.2 quality · $0.004/run · 1.8s