GLM-5.2 (Max) vs GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh)

Which is better for the money: GLM-5.2 (Max) by Z AI or GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.

Clear winner

Z AIGLM-5.2 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 33.70
Total cost: $2097

OpenAIGPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh)On the frontier

Intelligence: 51.00
Total cost: $662

Verdict

Pick GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh)

GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) vs GLM-5.2 (Max): 51.3% more intelligence, 68.4% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 186.7% slower end-to-end.

Metric	GLM-5.2 (Max)	GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	33.7	51.0	+51.3% GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) is 51.3% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$2,097.29	$662.28	−68.4% GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) is 68.4% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	30.10s	86.31s	+186.7% GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) is 186.7% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.40 / $4.40	$2.00 / $10.0
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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GLM-5.2 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.

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