GLM-5.3 (Max) vs GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium)
Which is better for the money: GLM-5.3 (Max) by Z AI or GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium)
GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) vs GLM-5.3 (Max): 6.7% more intelligence, 85.6% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 52.0% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | GLM-5.3 (Max) | GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 44.8 | 47.8 | +6.7% GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) is 6.7% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $2,503.48 | $361.37 | −85.6% GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) is 85.6% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 28.79s | 13.81s | −52.0% GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) is 52.0% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.40 / $4.40 | $2.00 / $10.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- GLM-5.3 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
- GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
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