MiniMax M2.5vsGLM-5

MiniMax M2.5 and GLM-5 are tied across 13 shared benchmarks: MiniMax M2.5 leads on 6, GLM-5 leads on 6, with 1 ties and an average score difference of -1.79.

MiniMaxAI
MiniMax M2.5

MiniMaxAI · 2026-02-12 · Reasoning model

智谱AI
GLM-5

智谱AI · 2026-02-11 · Chat model

MiniMax M2.56 wins(46%)Ties1(46%)6 winsGLM-5

Benchmark scores

Grouped by capability, sorted by largest gap within each. 13 shared benchmarks.

General Knowledge

GLM-5 2/4
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5GLM-5Diff
HLE19.40106 / 157Thinking (No Tools)50.4018 / 157-31
ARC-AGI63.7032 / 65Thinking (No Tools)44.7044 / 65Thinking (No Tools)+19
GPQA Diamond85.2048 / 178Thinking (No Tools)8643 / 178Thinking (No Tools)-0.80
ARC-AGI-24.9044 / 59Thinking (No Tools)4.9044 / 59Thinking (No Tools)

Claw-style Agent Evaluation

MiniMax M2.5 2/2
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5GLM-5Diff
Pinch Bench87.806 / 37Thinking (With Tools)86.4012 / 37Thinking (With Tools)+1.40
Claw Bench92.104 / 29Thinking (With Tools)91.705 / 29Thinking (With Tools)+0.40

Agent Level Benchmark

GLM-5 1/1
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5GLM-5Diff
τ²-Bench - Telecom97.8010 / 35985 / 35-0.20

AI Agent - Information Search

MiniMax M2.5 1/1
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5GLM-5Diff
BrowseComp76.3018 / 4575.9019 / 45+0.40

AI Agent - Tool Usage

GLM-5 1/1
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5GLM-5Diff
Terminal Bench 2.051.7030 / 4661.1018 / 46-9.40

Coding and Software Engineer

MiniMax M2.5 1/1
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5GLM-5Diff
SWE-bench Verified80.2013 / 10877.8023 / 108Thinking (No Tools)+2.40

Instruction Following

GLM-5 1/1
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5GLM-5Diff
IF Bench7012 / 297210 / 29-2

Long Context

MiniMax M2.5 1/1
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5GLM-5Diff
AA-LCR69.503 / 13Thinking (No Tools)6312 / 13Thinking (No Tools)+6.50

Productivity Knowledge

GLM-5 1/1
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5GLM-5Diff
GDPval-AA3617 / 21Thinking (No Tools)4614 / 21Thinking (No Tools)-10

Specs

FieldMiniMax M2.5GLM-5
PublisherMiniMaxAI智谱AI
Release date2026-02-122026-02-11
Model typeReasoning modelChat model
ArchitectureMoEMoE
Parameters229B744B
Context length128K200K
Max outputNot available128K

API pricing

Prices use DataLearner records when available; missing fields are not inferred.

ItemMiniMax M2.5GLM-5
Text input$0.3 / 1M tokens$1 / 1M tokens
Text output$2.4 / 1M tokens$3.2 / 1M tokens
Cache writeNot public$0.2 / 1M tokens

Summary

  • MiniMax M2.5leads in:Claw-style Agent Evaluation (2/2), AI Agent - Information Search (1/1), Coding and Software Engineer (1/1), Long Context (1/1)
  • GLM-5leads in:General Knowledge (2/4), Agent Level Benchmark (1/1), AI Agent - Tool Usage (1/1), Instruction Following (1/1), Productivity Knowledge (1/1)

On average across the 13 shared benchmarks, GLM-5 scores 1.79 higher.

Largest single-benchmark gap: HLE — MiniMax M2.5 19.40 vs GLM-5 50.40 (-31).

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