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Z.ai (Zhipu AI): GLM-5.1

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GLM-5.1 is Z.ai (Zhipu AI)’s open-weights AI model, released Apr 7, 2026. It costs $1.40/M input and $4.40/M output tokens, and handles a 205K-token context window. Its strongest use case is agentic & tools, where it ranks in the 94th percentile of the models Model Beat tracks.

GLM-5.1 delivers a major leap in coding capability, with particularly significant gains in handling long-horizon tasks.

Context
205K
Input
$1.40 / 1M
Output
$4.40 / 1M
Cheapest via SiliconFlow
$1.19 / $3.74 / 1M
Released
Apr 7, 2026
Modalities
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Strongest atAgentic & Tools top 6%

Benchmarks

Scores on standardized evaluations. Higher is better — and rank shows where GLM-5.1 lands among all models tracked on Model Beat.

62.0
Intelligence Index
Epoch AI
62nd percentile of tracked models
50.0
Coding Index
Epoch AI
50th percentile of tracked models
94.0
Agentic Index
Epoch AI
94th percentile of tracked models

Reasoning

5 evals
GPQA Diamond89.9%

Graduate-level scientific reasoning

Humanity's Last Exam30.1%

Frontier of human expert knowledge

SimpleBench55.1%

Common-sense trick questions

SimpleQA Verified34.0%

Factual accuracy & hallucination

WeirdML57.1%

Novel ML problem-solving

Coding

3 evals
SciCode44.8%

Scientific research coding

SWE-bench Verified74.2%

Real GitHub issue resolution

WebDev Arena1509

Human-rated web development

Math

3 evals
AIME 2024/202593.3%

Olympiad-qualifier math

FrontierMath33.4%

Research-level math problems

FrontierMath Tier 412.5%

Hardest research math

Agentic & Tools

1 evals
τ²-bench97.7%

Tool-agent-user reliability

In the news

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Changelog

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  • GLM-5.1: cheapest credible provider via SiliconFlow now $3.74 per 1M output tokens (was $3.08, +21%)cheapest provider · Sep 1, 2026
  • GLM-5.1: cheapest credible provider via SiliconFlow now $1.19 per 1M input tokens (was $0.975, +22%)cheapest provider · Sep 1, 2026
  • GLM-5.1: reported SimpleQA Verified score fell from 37.3% to 34.0% (-9%)benchmark · Aug 28, 2026
  • GLM-5.1: cheapest credible provider via Chutes now $3.08 per 1M output tokens (was $4.3, -28%)cheapest provider · Aug 20, 2026
  • GLM-5.1: cheapest credible provider via DigitalOcean now $0.975 per 1M input tokens (was $1.19, -18%)cheapest provider · Aug 15, 2026
  • GLM-5.1: cheapest credible provider via DigitalOcean now $4.3 per 1M output tokens (was $3.74, +15%)cheapest provider · Aug 15, 2026
  • GLM-5.1: cheapest credible provider via SiliconFlow now $3.74 per 1M output tokens (was $4.3, -13%)cheapest provider · Aug 11, 2026
  • GLM-5.1: cheapest credible provider via SiliconFlow now $1.19 per 1M input tokens (was $0.98, +21%)cheapest provider · Aug 11, 2026
  • GLM-5.1: reported GPQA Diamond score rose from 85.5% to 89.9% (+5%)benchmark · Aug 10, 2026
  • GLM-5.1: Humanity's Last Exam improved from 28.0% to 30.1% (+7%)benchmark · Aug 6, 2026
  • GLM-5.1: cheapest credible provider via DigitalOcean now $4.3 per 1M output tokens (was $3.08, +40%)cheapest provider · Jul 30, 2026
  • GLM-5.1: cheapest credible provider via Baidu now $3.08 per 1M output tokens (was $4.3, -28%)cheapest provider · Jul 23, 2026
  • GLM-5.1: context window changed from 202,752 to 204,800 tokenscontext · Jul 21, 2026
  • GLM-5.1: cheapest credible provider via DigitalOcean now $4.3 per 1M output tokens (was $3.08, +40%)cheapest provider · Jul 21, 2026
  • GLM-5.1: cheapest credible provider via Chutes now $3.08 per 1M output tokens (was $4.3, -28%)cheapest provider · Jul 16, 2026
  • GLM-5.1: cheapest credible provider via DigitalOcean now $4.3 per 1M output tokens (was $3.08, +40%)cheapest provider · Jul 14, 2026
  • GLM-5.1: SimpleBench dropped from 58.7% to 55.1% (-6%)benchmark · Jul 10, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

What is GLM-5.1?

GLM-5.1 delivers a major leap in coding capability, with particularly significant gains in handling long-horizon tasks.

Who created GLM-5.1?

GLM-5.1 is an AI model developed by Z.ai (Zhipu AI), released Apr 7, 2026.

How much does GLM-5.1 cost?

GLM-5.1's list price from Z.ai (Zhipu AI) is $1.40 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens. The cheapest credible third-party provider on OpenRouter (SiliconFlow) serves it at $1.19/$3.74 per 1M.

What is GLM-5.1's context window?

GLM-5.1 supports a context window of up to 205K tokens.

How does GLM-5.1 perform on benchmarks?

On standardized evaluations tracked by Epoch AI, GLM-5.1 scores 97.7% on τ²-bench, 89.9% on GPQA Diamond, 1509 on WebDev Arena.

Is GLM-5.1 open source?

GLM-5.1 is released with open weights (Open weights (unrestricted)), so the model can be downloaded and self-hosted.

Benchmark data from Epoch AI (CC BY) and Artificial Analysis; pricing, specs & descriptions from OpenRouter. Data updated Sep 17, 2026.