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GLM 4.5 vs MiniMax M2
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
GLM 4.5 wins on 5/7 benchmarks
GLM 4.5 wins 5 of 7 shared benchmarks. Leads in arena · math · knowledge.
Category leads
arena·GLM 4.5math·GLM 4.5knowledge·GLM 4.5language·MiniMax M2coding·MiniMax M2
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GLM 4.5
#22 by perf·#3 by attention
MiniMax M2
#20 by perf·#11 by attention
Best value
MiniMax M2
1.9x better value than GLM 4.5
GLM 4.5
49.4 pts/$
$1.40/M
MiniMax M2
92.7 pts/$
$0.75/M
Vendor risk
Mixed exposure
One or more vendors flagged
z-ai
private · undisclosed
MiniMax
$4.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
7 benchmarks · 2 models
GLM 4.5MiniMax M2
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
GLM 4.5 leads by +67.9
GLM 4.5
1411.3
MiniMax M2
1343.4
OpenCompass · AIME2025
GLM 4.5 leads by +6.7
GLM 4.5
85.8
MiniMax M2
79.1
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond
GLM 4.5 leads by +0.8
GLM 4.5
79.5
MiniMax M2
78.7
OpenCompass · HLE
GLM 4.5 leads by +3.5
GLM 4.5
16.9
MiniMax M2
13.4
OpenCompass · IFEval
MiniMax M2 leads by +4.8
GLM 4.5
85.4
MiniMax M2
90.2
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6
MiniMax M2 leads by +9.0
GLM 4.5
65.0
MiniMax M2
74.0
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro
GLM 4.5 leads by +1.1
GLM 4.5
82.7
MiniMax M2
81.6
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GLM 4.5 | MiniMax M2 |
|---|---|---|
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1411.3 | 1343.4 |
OpenCompass · AIME2025 | 85.8 | 79.1 |
OpenCompass · GPQA-Diamond | 79.5 | 78.7 |
OpenCompass · HLE | 16.9 | 13.4 |
OpenCompass · IFEval | 85.4 | 90.2 |
OpenCompass · LiveCodeBenchV6 | 65.0 | 74.0 |
OpenCompass · MMLU-Pro | 82.7 | 81.6 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.60 | $2.20 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $10.00 | |
| $0.30 | $1.20 | 205K tokens (~102 books) | $5.25 |