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GPT-5.1-Codex vs GLM-5 Turbo

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

GPT-5.1-Codex wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode
  • Supports tool calls

GLM-5 Turbo wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
GLM-5 Turbo
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.1-Codex
Context Window
GPT-5.1-Codex
Speed
GPT-5.1-Codex

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5.1-CodexGLM-5 TurboWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.25$0.96 GLM-5 Turbo
Output (per 1M tokens)$10.00$3.20 GLM-5 Turbo
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.13$0.19 GPT-5.1-Codex
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GLM-5 Turbo is 56% cheaper overall.

GPT-5.1-Codex Providers

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GLM-5 Turbo Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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GLM-5 Turbo Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5.1-CodexGLM-5 TurboWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
43.1--
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
36.6--
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
95.7--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
86.0--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
86.0--
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
84.9--
GPT-5.1-Codex significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-5.1-Codex
400,000
tokens
GLM-5 Turbo
N/A
tokens

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5.1-CodexGLM-5 TurboWinner
Tokens/second101.6 tok/sN/A
Time to First Token6.68sN/A

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5.1-CodexGLM-5 Turbo
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5.1-CodexGLM-5 Turbo
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIZ-ai
ReleasedNov 2025Unknown

GPT-5.1-Codex Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

GLM-5 Turbo Modalities

Input
Output

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Frequently Asked Questions

GLM-5 Turbo has cheaper input pricing at $0.96/M tokens. GLM-5 Turbo has cheaper output pricing at $3.20/M tokens.
GPT-5.1-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 36.6, compared to GLM-5 Turbo's score of N/A.
GPT-5.1-Codex has a 400,000 token context window, while GLM-5 Turbo has a unknown token context window.
GPT-5.1-Codex supports vision. GLM-5 Turbo does not support vision.