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curie vs GLM 5

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

curie wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens

GLM 5 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
Price Advantage
curie
Benchmark Advantage
GLM 5
Context Window
GLM 5
Speed
GLM 5

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetriccurieGLM 5Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.00$0.80 GLM 5
Output (per 1M tokens)$1.00$2.55 curie
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$0.16 GLM 5
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, curie is 19% cheaper overall.

curie Providers

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GLM 5 Providers

No provider data available

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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curie Wins
0
GLM 5 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkcurieGLM 5Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
-40.6-
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-39.0-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
-66.6-
GLM 5 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

curie
N/A
tokens
GLM 5
202,752
tokens

Speed Performance

MetriccurieGLM 5Winner
Tokens/secondN/A47.5 tok/s
Time to First TokenN/A1.20s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeaturecurieGLM 5
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertycurieGLM 5
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIZ-ai
ReleasedUnknownFeb 2026

curie Modalities

Input
Output

GLM 5 Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

GLM 5 has cheaper input pricing at $0.80/M tokens. curie has cheaper output pricing at $1.00/M tokens.
GLM 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 39.0, compared to curie's score of N/A.
curie has a unknown token context window, while GLM 5 has a 202,752 token context window.
curie does not support vision. GLM 5 does not support vision.
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