Model comparison

GLM-4.5 vs Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #122 Confirmed

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 xAI

37.7

Rank #198 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5 scores higher in 7 categories and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where GLM-4.5 leads 52.8 to 41.4.
  • GLM-4.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.5 and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 specifications
GLM-4.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)xAI
Noometry Index42.037.7
Released2025-07-272024-08-13
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K—
Max output98K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked2717

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Coding14341269
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)54.2%—
WeirdML40.6%—
ALE-Bench344.82—
AlgoTune1.52—

Reasoning GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Hard Prompts14291255
Kagi LLM Benchmark57.9%—

Math GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Math14271265

Knowledge GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Expert14331238
Humanity's Last Exam8.3%—
Confabulations11.3%—

Multilingual GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Non-English14171257
LMArena Chinese14651262
LMArena French14181286
LMArena German14071273
LMArena Japanese14151213
LMArena Korean13801195
LMArena Russian14141261
LMArena Spanish14541279

Instruction Following GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Instruction Following14041245

Long Context Too close to call

GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Longer Query14121266
Fiction.LiveBench58.3%—

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
LMArena Text14301281
LMArena Creative Writing13951242
LMArena Multi-Turn14151265
Short-Story Creative Writing73.4%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1343—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5 better than Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13?

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 37.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.5 or Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better for coding?

GLM-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5 and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5 has 27 scored results on Noometry and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17.

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