GLM 4.6 vs GPT-4o (2024-05-13) (Comparative Analysis)
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Comparative Analysis: GLM 4.6 vs. GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
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Overview
GPT-4o (2024-05-13) was released 1 year before GLM 4.6.
 GLM 4.6 |  GPT-4o (2024-05-13) | |
|---|---|---|
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development | Z.AI | OpenAI |
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once | 204.8K tokens | 128K tokens |
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once | 131.1K tokens | 4.1K tokens |
Release Date When this model first became publicly available | September 30, 2025 10 months ago September 30th, 2025 | May 13, 2024 2 years ago May 13th, 2024 |
Knowledge Cutoff Latest training-data date reported by the provider | March 31, 2025 | October 31, 2023 |
Capabilities & Features
Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities
GLM 4.6 | GPT-4o (2024-05-13) | |
|---|---|---|
Input Types Supported input formats | 📝Text | 📝Text🖼️Image📁File |
Reasoning Controls Defaults and configurable reasoning effort | Optional | Not reported |
Output Types Supported output formats | 📝Text | 📝Text |
Tokenizer Text encoding system | Other | GPT |
Key Features Advanced capabilities | ✓Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning ModeContent Moderation | ✓Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation |
Open Source Model availability | Available on HuggingFace → | Proprietary |
Pricing
GLM 4.6 is roughly 0.1x less expensive compared to GPT-4o (2024-05-13) for input tokens and roughly 0.1x less expensive for output tokens.
| GLM 4.6 | GPT-4o (2024-05-13) | |
|---|---|---|
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens | $0.55 per million tokens | $5.00 per million tokens |
Output Token Cost Cost per million output tokens | $2.20 per million tokens | $15.00 per million tokens |
Cache Read Cost Cost to reuse cached input tokens | $0.11 per million tokens | Not specified |
Benchmarks
Compare relevant benchmarks between GLM 4.6 and GPT-4o (2024-05-13).
| GLM 4.6 | GPT-4o (2024-05-13) | |
|---|---|---|
Intelligence Index Overall model quality across independent evaluations | 29.3 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | Benchmark not available. |
Coding Index Programming performance across independent evaluations | 45.8 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | 24.2 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) |
Agentic Index Ability to complete multi-step agentic tasks | 18.6 (Artificial Analysis index; higher is better) | Benchmark not available. |
Best Design Arena Score Highest human-preference Elo score across design arenas | 1,196 Elo (#59 in Website (54.4% win rate)) | Benchmark not available. |
At a Glance
Quick overview of what makes GLM 4.6 and GPT-4o (2024-05-13) unique.
GLM 4.6 by Z.AI can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 204.8K token context window. Reasonably priced at $0.55/M input and $2.20/M output tokens. Released September 30th, 2025.GPT-4o (2024-05-13) by OpenAI understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 128K token context window. Premium pricing at $5.00/M input and $15.00/M output tokens. Released May 13th, 2024.Explore More Comparisons
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