Model comparison

GLM-4.5 vs Granite 4.0 H Small

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #122 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

36.5

Rank #214 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where GLM-4.5 leads 52.8 to 38.6.

Side by side

GLM-4.5 and Granite 4.0 H Small specifications
GLM-4.5Granite 4.0 H Small
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)IBM
Noometry Index42.036.5
Released2025-07-27—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output98K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked2719

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125), Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Coding14341249
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), Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Hard Prompts14291240
Kagi LLM Benchmark57.9%—

Math GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Math14271247
Omni-MATH—29.6%

Knowledge GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179), Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Expert14331251
Humanity's Last Exam8.3%—
MMLU-Pro—56.9%
Confabulations11.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.2%
GPQA (HELM)—38.3%

Multilingual GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Non-English14171216
LMArena Chinese14651249
LMArena Russian14141201
LMArena Spanish14541258
LMArena French1418—
LMArena German1407—
LMArena Japanese1415—
LMArena Korean1380—

Instruction Following GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Instruction Following14041222
IFEval—89%

Long Context Too close to call

GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Longer Query14121242
Fiction.LiveBench58.3%—

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127), Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Text14301241
LMArena Creative Writing13951211
LMArena Multi-Turn14151242
Short-Story Creative Writing73.4%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1343—
WildBench—73.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5 better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.5 or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

GLM-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5 and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5 has 27 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.

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