Model comparison

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs GLM-4.5

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) DeepSeek

37.6

Rank #200 Confirmed

GLM-4.5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #122 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 1 category and GLM-4.5 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where GLM-4.5 leads 52.8 to 42.5.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and GLM-4.5 specifications
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GLM-4.5
ProviderDeepSeekZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index37.642.0
Released2024-09-062025-07-27
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—98K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.60
Output $ / M tokens—$2.20
Results tracked2227

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5 leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281), GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GLM-4.5
LMArena Coding13091434
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—54.2%
Aider Polyglot17.8%—
WeirdML—40.6%
BigCodeBench Instruct48.6%—
BigCodeBench Complete53.2%—
ALE-Bench—344.82
AlgoTune—1.52
HumanEval+83.5%—
MBPP+74.1%—

Reasoning GLM-4.5 leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145), GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GLM-4.5
LMArena Hard Prompts12891429
Kagi LLM Benchmark—57.9%

Math GLM-4.5 leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177), GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GLM-4.5
LMArena Math12881427

Knowledge GLM-4.5 leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193), GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GLM-4.5
LMArena Expert12661433
Humanity's Last Exam—8.3%
Confabulations—11.3%

Multilingual GLM-4.5 leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193), GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GLM-4.5
LMArena Non-English12731417
LMArena Chinese13181465
LMArena French12891418
LMArena German12581407
LMArena Japanese12281415
LMArena Korean12091380
LMArena Russian12891414
LMArena Spanish12481454

Instruction Following GLM-4.5 leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194), GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GLM-4.5
LMArena Instruction Following12801404

Long Context DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174), GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GLM-4.5
LMArena Longer Query13011412
Fiction.LiveBench—58.3%

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5 leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187), GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GLM-4.5
LMArena Text12941430
LMArena Creative Writing12851395
LMArena Multi-Turn12971415
Short-Story Creative Writing—73.4%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1343

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than GLM-4.5?

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) or GLM-4.5 better for coding?

GLM-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and GLM-4.5 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5 has 27.

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