Model comparison

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b vs GLM-4.5V

GLM-4.5V is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 34.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b Cohere

34.9

Rank #229 Confirmed

GLM-4.5V Z.ai (Zhipu)

39.8

Rank #158 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. C4ai Aya Expanse 8b scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-4.5V in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.5V leads 52.5 to 39.0.

Side by side

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b and GLM-4.5V specifications
C4ai Aya Expanse 8bGLM-4.5V
ProviderCohereZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index34.939.8
Released—2025-08-11
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—64K
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.60
Output $ / M tokens—$1.80
Results tracked1515

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5V leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.8 (#252), GLM-4.5V: 39.5 (#155)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bGLM-4.5V
LMArena Coding11601347

Reasoning GLM-4.5V leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 22.4 (#197), GLM-4.5V: 27.4 (#119)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bGLM-4.5V
LMArena Hard Prompts11561334
Kagi LLM Benchmark—59.8%

Math GLM-4.5V leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.3 (#203), GLM-4.5V: 37.4 (#159)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bGLM-4.5V
LMArena Math11681354

Knowledge GLM-4.5V leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 33.6 (#201), GLM-4.5V: 37.5 (#156)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bGLM-4.5V
LMArena Expert11531353
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: —, GLM-4.5V: 34.3 (#92)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bGLM-4.5V
LMArena Vision—1154

Multilingual GLM-4.5V leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#242), GLM-4.5V: 44.6 (#177)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bGLM-4.5V
LMArena Non-English11801303
LMArena Chinese11811337
LMArena Russian11971298
LMArena German1188—
LMArena Japanese1120—
LMArena Spanish—1336

Instruction Following GLM-4.5V leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 60.1 (#253), GLM-4.5V: 69.2 (#175)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bGLM-4.5V
LMArena Instruction Following11551311

Long Context GLM-4.5V leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 36.1 (#236), GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#171)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bGLM-4.5V
LMArena Longer Query11911304

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5V leads

C4ai Aya Expanse 8b: 39.0 (#250), GLM-4.5V: 52.5 (#170)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkC4ai Aya Expanse 8bGLM-4.5V
LMArena Text11851333
LMArena Creative Writing11681295
LMArena Multi-Turn11601332

Frequently asked questions

Is C4ai Aya Expanse 8b better than GLM-4.5V?

GLM-4.5V is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 34.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is C4ai Aya Expanse 8b or GLM-4.5V better for coding?

GLM-4.5V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do C4ai Aya Expanse 8b and GLM-4.5V share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. C4ai Aya Expanse 8b has 15 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5V has 15.

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