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A model-level benchmark profile for GLM 5, combining Arena category ranks, suite indexes, commercial price and speed data, SWE-bench status, and lab context.
Lab
Z.ai
Open weights
Coverage
67%
6 of 9 tracked signals
Best Arena rank
#27
WebDev Arena
Best suite
#16
Coding / 74
Model profile
This view treats missing values as coverage gaps, then puts every available score, rank, cost, and speed signal into the same visual hierarchy.
Analyst view
Its best composite result is rank #16 in the coding view, with a 74 coding index. The strongest raw Arena signal is WebDev Arena at rank #27 with 6,574 public votes.
Best current lane
Coding
#16 / 74 coding index
Strongest raw signal
Code
#27, 1436 score
Commercial posture
$1.55
1.18s first token / 62 tok/s
Coverage gaps
Profile completeness
Arena categories
2/5
Code, Text
Commercial match
Live
GLM-5 (Non-reasoning)
SWE-bench
#8
bash-only
Raw identifier
glm-5
Performance cockpit
Arena rows show score, public rank, confidence interval, vote count, and publish date. Missing rows stay visible as coverage gaps.
Text Arena
Arena category
1452-1462 CI
WebDev Arena
Arena category
1427-1444 CI
Vision Arena
Arena category
Not listed
No confident public Arena row for this category.
Coverage gap
Search Arena
Arena category
Not listed
No confident public Arena row for this category.
Coverage gap
Document Arena
Arena category
Not listed
No confident public Arena row for this category.
Coverage gap
Cost and speed
Price, latency, and throughput are only shown when a confident commercial source row is matched.
Blended price
$1.55
USD / 1M tokens
Input price
$1.00
USD / 1M input tokens
Output price
$3.20
USD / 1M output tokens
Latency
1.18s
Median time to first token
Output speed
62 tok/s
Median generation speed
Matched source row
GLM-5 (Non-reasoning)Suite position
These views combine available public signals into purpose-specific indexes. A missing card means the model lacks enough source coverage for that lens.
Value
Quality, price, latency, and output speed
value index
Coding
Code Arena, SWE-bench, and output speed
coding index
Agents
Search, documents, code, and latency
agent proxy
Reasoning
Text, documents, vision, and mode signal
reasoning proxy
Long context
Document, search, and text benchmark proxy
context proxy
Lab context
Same-lab models make it easier to see whether this profile is a flagship, value play, specialist, or lower-coverage row.
GLM 5.1
glm-5.1
Best rank
#6
Coverage
56%
GLM 4.7
glm-4.7
Best rank
#22
Coverage
56%
GLM 5v Turbo
glm-5v-turbo
Best rank
#37
Coverage
11%
GLM 4.6
glm-4.6
Best rank
#54
Coverage
67%
GLM 4.6v
glm-4.6v
Best rank
#69
Coverage
44%
GLM 4.5v
glm-4.5v
Best rank
#77
Coverage
44%
GLM 4.5
glm-4.5
Best rank
#99
Coverage
56%