Model comparison

GLM-4.5-Air vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

GLM-4.5-Air is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5-Air Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.9

Rank #177 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5-Air scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.5-Air leads 55.9 to 27.1.

Side by side

GLM-4.5-Air and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct specifications
GLM-4.5-AirPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Microsoft
Noometry Index38.929.7
Released2025-07-202024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output98K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.20—
Output $ / M tokens$1.10—
Results tracked2719

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 33.3 (#259), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Coding13971039
GSO2.9%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—29.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—40.6%

Reasoning GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 24.1 (#166), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13791028
Kagi LLM Benchmark43%—
ForecastBench59.2—

Math GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 36.2 (#170), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Math13961089
Omni-MATH39.1%—

Knowledge GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 35.0 (#191), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Expert1370984
Humanity's Last Exam8.1%—
MMLU-Pro76.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—
GPQA (HELM)59.4%—

Multilingual GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 49.1 (#135), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Non-English13661000
LMArena Chinese14261016
LMArena French13991039
LMArena German13771006
LMArena Japanese1348899
LMArena Korean1308856
LMArena Russian13731004
LMArena Spanish13861059

Instruction Following GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 69.6 (#171), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13541023
IFEval81.2%—

Long Context GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 41.6 (#135), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1366996

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5-Air leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 55.9 (#139), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Text13841050
LMArena Creative Writing13431024
LMArena Multi-Turn1371989
WildBench78.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5-Air better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

GLM-4.5-Air is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.9 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.5-Air or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

GLM-4.5-Air scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.3 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5-Air and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5-Air has 27 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.

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