Model comparison
GLM-4.5 vs Granite 4.0 Micro
GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 25× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where GLM-4.5 leads 39.0 to 12.0.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.20 for GLM-4.5.
- GLM-4.5 accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| GLM-4.5 | Granite 4.0 Micro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 42.0 | 29.0 |
| Released | 2025-07-27 | 2025-10-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 131K |
| Max output | 98K | 118K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.60 | $0.017 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | $0.11 |
| Results tracked | 27 | 8 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 54.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 40.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1434 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 344.82 | — |
| AlgoTune | 1.52 | — |
Reasoning GLM-4.5 leads
GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100), Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 57.9% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | — |
Math GLM-4.5 leads
GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116), Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.8% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1427 | — |
Knowledge GLM-4.5 leads
GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 28.3% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 8.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 39.5% |
| Confabulations | 11.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1433 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1417 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | — |
| LMArena French | 1418 | — |
| LMArena German | 1407 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1415 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1380 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1414 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1454 | — |
Instruction Following GLM-4.5 leads
GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104), Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 84.9% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1404 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 58.3% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1412 | — |
Writing & Preference GLM-4.5 leads
GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1430 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1395 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.4% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1343 | — |
| WildBench | — | 67% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1415 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.5 better than Granite 4.0 Micro?
GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 25× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5 or Granite 4.0 Micro?
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; GLM-4.5 lists at $0.60 and $2.20.
Which has the bigger context window?
GLM-4.5 does, with 131K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5 and Granite 4.0 Micro share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5 has 27 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.