Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs GLM-5
GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
DatabricksSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5 in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5 leads 66.0 to 15.2.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 46.1 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2026-02-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 205K |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $3.20 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 45 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), GLM-5: 49.0 (#52)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1461 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 72.1% |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 72.8% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1434 |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | — | 69.7% |
| WeirdML | — | 48.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 765.62 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, GLM-5: 31.1 (#71)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 52.4% |
| τ²-bench Airline | — | 82.5% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 9.8% |
| τ²-bench Retail | — | 73.7% |
| τ²-bench Telecom | — | 86.8% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,432 |
Reasoning GLM-5 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), GLM-5: 27.6 (#116)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1452 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | 145.83 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 4.9% |
| SimpleBench | — | 53.2% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 75% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.8% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 44.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 10% |
| ForecastBench | — | 61 |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math GLM-5 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), GLM-5: 46.4 (#71)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1440 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 65.7% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 80% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 16.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, GLM-5: 52.3 (#64)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 87.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1454 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual GLM-5 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), GLM-5: 53.7 (#58)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1430 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1511 |
| LMArena French | — | 1455 |
| LMArena German | — | 1445 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1416 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1423 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1436 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1454 |
Instruction Following GLM-5 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), GLM-5: 75.2 (#67)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1428 |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, GLM-5: 44.7 (#60)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5 |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 18.7% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1446 |
Writing & Preference GLM-5 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), GLM-5: 66.0 (#38)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1446 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1439 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1456 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1601 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than GLM-5?
GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or GLM-5 better for coding?
GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and GLM-5 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5 has 45.