GLM 5 Turbo vs GPT-4.1 Mini
Compare GLM 5 Turbo by Z-ai against GPT-4.1 Mini by OpenAI, context windows of 203K vs 1.0M, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
GLM 5 Turbo
GPT-4.1 Mini
No community votes yet. On paper, these are closely matched - try both with your actual task to see which fits your workflow.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
GLM 5 Turbo
Input
$0.96
Output
$3.20
GPT-4.1 Mini
Input
$0.40
2.4× cheaper
Output
$1.60
2.0× cheaper
GPT-4.1 Mini is cheaper on both — 2.4× input, 2.0× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
34%
GPT-4.1 Mini uses 1.9x more hedging
GLM 5 Turbo
GPT-4.1 Mini
54%Vocabulary59%
18wSentence Length19w
0.24Hedging0.46
4.0Bold4.7
3.0Lists4.9
0.00Emoji0.00
0.72Headings0.76
0.17Transitions0.17
Based on 23 + 23 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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