Model comparison

GLM-4.5 vs Llama 3.2 90B

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #122 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 90B Meta

27.5

Rank #331 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-4.5 leads 39.0 to 11.1.

Side by side

GLM-4.5 and Llama 3.2 90B specifications
GLM-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Meta
Noometry Index42.027.5
Released2025-07-272024-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output98K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked279

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)54.2%—
WeirdML40.6%—
LMArena Coding1434—
ALE-Bench344.82—
AlgoTune1.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.5: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
BALROG—27.3%

Reasoning GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
Kagi LLM Benchmark57.9%—
EnigmaEval—0.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts1429—
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.5

Math GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116), Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—2.6%
LMArena Math1427—
MATH Level 5—39.4%

Knowledge GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
GPQA Diamond—41%
Humanity's Last Exam8.3%—
Confabulations11.3%—
LMArena Expert1433—
MMLU—80.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.5: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Vision—1000
GeoBench—52%

Multilingual Not comparable

GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Non-English1417—
LMArena Chinese1465—
LMArena French1418—
LMArena German1407—
LMArena Japanese1415—
LMArena Korean1380—
LMArena Russian1414—
LMArena Spanish1454—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Instruction Following1404—

Long Context Not comparable

GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
Fiction.LiveBench58.3%—
LMArena Longer Query1412—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Text1430—
LMArena Creative Writing1395—
Short-Story Creative Writing73.4%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1343—
LMArena Multi-Turn1415—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5 better than Llama 3.2 90B?

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5 and Llama 3.2 90B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5 has 27 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.

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