Model comparison

GLM-4.5-Air vs Palm 2

GLM-4.5-Air is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5-Air Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.9

Rank #177 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

30.0

Rank #298 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5-Air scores higher in 7 categories and Palm 2 in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.5-Air leads 55.9 to 25.6.
  • GLM-4.5-Air has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.5-Air and Palm 2 specifications
GLM-4.5-AirPalm 2
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Google
Noometry Index38.930.0
Released2025-07-20—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K—
Max output98K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.20—
Output $ / M tokens$1.10—
Results tracked2710

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 33.3 (#259), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirPalm 2
LMArena Coding1397994
GSO2.9%—

Reasoning GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 24.1 (#166), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirPalm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts13791005
Kagi LLM Benchmark43%—
ForecastBench59.2—

Math GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 36.2 (#170), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirPalm 2
LMArena Math13961049
Omni-MATH39.1%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GLM-4.5-Air: 35.0 (#191), Palm 2: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirPalm 2
Humanity's Last Exam8.1%—
MMLU-Pro76.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—
GPQA (HELM)59.4%—
LMArena Expert1370—

Multilingual GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 49.1 (#135), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirPalm 2
LMArena Non-English1366916
LMArena Chinese1426887
LMArena French1399—
LMArena German1377—
LMArena Japanese1348—
LMArena Korean1308—
LMArena Russian1373—
LMArena Spanish1386—

Instruction Following GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 69.6 (#171), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirPalm 2
LMArena Instruction Following13541010
IFEval81.2%—

Long Context GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 41.6 (#135), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirPalm 2
LMArena Longer Query13661010

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 55.9 (#139), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirPalm 2
LMArena Text13841027
LMArena Creative Writing1343991
LMArena Multi-Turn1371994
WildBench78.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5-Air better than Palm 2?

GLM-4.5-Air is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.5-Air or Palm 2 better for coding?

GLM-4.5-Air scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.3 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5-Air and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5-Air has 27 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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