Claude Code – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) vs. Codex – GPT-6.1 Sol (medium): geospatial agent comparison

Comparison between Claude Code – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) and Codex – GPT-6.1 Sol (medium) on the Geospatial Agent Index, each benchmark, cost, time and token use, from the same tasks, agent and limits. Methodology.

Side by side

Claude Code – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) vs. Codex – GPT-6.1 Sol (medium)
Metric	Claude Code – GLM-5.3-Flash (max)	Codex – GPT-6.1 Sol (medium)
Geospatial Agent Index	41* (partial: attempt 1 on 135 of 565 tasks)	72*
Earth-Bench V2 score	43	61
GeoBenchX score	38	69
GS-QA2 score	No data	85
GeoAgentBench score (guided GIS workflow; outside the index)	No data	100
GeoAnalystBench score (guided GIS workflow; outside the index)	No data	100
Raster and remote sensing score	44	74
Vector and overlay score	50	82
Networks and routing score	No data	No data
Climate and time series score	67	68
Spatial statistics and interpolation score	0	29
Mapping and cartography score	0	78
Recognising infeasible requests score	44	70
Cost per task	$0.139	$0.049
Time per task	18.3 min	1.2 min
Tokens per attempt	1.26M	93k
Turns per attempt	25.9	5.9
Attempts decided	89	565
Input price per 1M tokens	$0.15	$2.00
Output price per 1M tokens	$0.50	$10.00
Context window	1,048,576	No data
Image input	Yes	No data
Developer	Z.ai	OpenAI

Charts

Partial coverage. Claude Code – GLM-5.3-Flash (max): 21 of 147 Earth-Bench V2 tasks; 114 of 173 GeoBenchX tasks; GS-QA2 incomplete. Grey placeholders identify these entries in the index, cost and output token charts; their height does not represent a value. Comparable bars appear when first-attempt coverage is complete. Their available results remain in the side-by-side table.

Geospatial Agent Index

Equal-weight average of the evaluation scores, 0 to 100 · Higher is better

Planned attempts still to come

Data table: Geospatial Agent Index

Geospatial Agent Index
Model	Creator	Geospatial Agent Index	Range while attempts are pending	Benchmarks covered	Coverage (attempts)
Codex – GPT-6.1 Sol (medium)	OpenAI	72*	No pending judgements; coverage incomplete; 208 results awaiting review	3 of 3	565 of 859 planned attempts

Cost per task

Average cost per task (USD) · Lower is better

Planned attempts still to come

How to read this chart

Not shown: partial coverage. Claude Code – GLM-5.3-Flash (max).

Data table: Cost per task

Cost per task
Model	Creator	Cost per task	Coverage (attempts)
Codex – GPT-6.1 Sol (medium)	OpenAI	$0.049	565 of 859 planned attempts

Output tokens per task

Average output tokens per attempt, reasoning included · Lower is better

Planned attempts still to come

How to read this chart

Not shown: partial coverage. Claude Code – GLM-5.3-Flash (max).

Data table: Output tokens per task

Output tokens per task
Model	Creator	Output tokens per task	Coverage (attempts)
Codex – GPT-6.1 Sol (medium)	OpenAI	1k	565 of 859 planned attempts

Frequently asked questions

Which scores higher on the Geospatial Agent Index, Claude Code – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) or Codex – GPT-6.1 Sol (medium)?

Not comparable yet: Claude Code – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) has partial coverage (21 of 147 Earth-Bench V2 tasks; 114 of 173 GeoBenchX tasks; GS-QA2 incomplete), so it is not ranked. Claude Code – GLM-5.3-Flash (max): 89 of 614 planned attempts (3 excluded). Codex – GPT-6.1 Sol (medium): 565 of 859 planned attempts. Coverage is partial; scores can change as more attempts are decided.

Which is cheaper per task, Claude Code – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) or Codex – GPT-6.1 Sol (medium)?

Codex – GPT-6.1 Sol (medium), at $0.049 against $0.139 for Claude Code – GLM-5.3-Flash (max).

Which writes fewer output tokens per task, Claude Code – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) or Codex – GPT-6.1 Sol (medium)?

Codex – GPT-6.1 Sol (medium), at 1k against 30k for Claude Code – GLM-5.3-Flash (max).

Which has the larger context window, Claude Code – GLM-5.3-Flash (max) or Codex – GPT-6.1 Sol (medium)?

Not known yet: Codex – GPT-6.1 Sol (medium) has no context window data.

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