Z.AI: GLM 4 32B vs GPT-4.1
Compare Z.AI: GLM 4 32B by Zhipu AI against GPT-4.1 by OpenAI, context windows of 128K vs 1.0M, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GPT-4.1
Z.AI: GLM 4 32BRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, GPT-4.1 has the edge — bigger model tier, bigger context window.
Z.AI: GLM 4 32B is 80x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Z.AI: GLM 4 32B
Input
$0.10
20× cheaper
Output
$0.10
80× cheaper
GPT-4.1
Input
$2.00
Output
$8.00
Z.AI: GLM 4 32B is cheaper on both — 20× input, 80× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
49%
GPT-4.1 uses 23.7x more emoji
Z.AI: GLM 4 32B
GPT-4.1
53%Vocabulary58%
15wSentence Length19w
0.83Hedging0.38
5.8Bold9.0
4.6Lists6.1
0.00Emoji0.24
0.35Headings1.01
0.04Transitions0.07
Based on 17 + 25 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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