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GLM 5 vs MiniMax M2.5
Side-by-side specs, pricing & capabilities · Updated September 2026
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| Organization | ||
| OpenTools Score | 64 42.4 | 48 86.3 |
| Family | GLM | MiniMax |
| Status | Current | Current |
| Release Date | Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| Context Window | 203K tokens | 197K tokens |
| Input Price | $0.72/M tokens | $0.12/M tokens |
| Output Price | $2.30/M tokens | $0.99/M tokens |
| Pricing Notes | — | Cache read: $0.0590/M tokens |
| Capabilities | textcode | textcode |
| Max Output | 131K tokens | 66K tokens |
| API Identifier | z-ai/glm-5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| GPQA Diamond | 86https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-5 | 84.8485artificial-analysis |
| View GLM 5 | View MiniMax M2.5 | |
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| Model | Input | Output | Total / mo | vs Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax M2.5Cheapest | $0.12 | $0.50 | $0.61 | — |
| GLM 5 | $0.72 | $1.15 | $1.87 | +205% |
Z.ai
GLM 5
GLM-5 is Z.ai's open-weight language model for agentic engineering, with 744B total and 40B active parameters. Its released checkpoint configuration supports 202,752 token positions; hosted service limits and prices depend on the provider.
MiniMax
MiniMax M2.5
MiniMax M2.5 is a large language model from MiniMax. Supports up to 196,608 token context window. Available from $0.12/M input tokens.
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