Model comparison

GLM-4.5 vs Llama 3-70B

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #122 Confirmed

Llama 3-70B Meta

28.8

Rank #323 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3-70B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-4.5 leads 39.0 to 12.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 57.9% for GLM-4.5 and 35.1% for Llama 3-70B.

Side by side

GLM-4.5 and Llama 3-70B specifications
GLM-4.5Llama 3-70B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Meta
Noometry Index42.028.8
Released2025-07-272024-04-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output98K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked2731

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125), Llama 3-70B: 35.8 (#218)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3-70B
LMArena Coding14341206
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)54.2%—
WeirdML40.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—43.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.5%
ALE-Bench344.82—
AlgoTune1.52—
HumanEval+—72%
MBPP+—69%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.5: —, Llama 3-70B: 21.1 (#139)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3-70B
Cybench—5%

Reasoning GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100), Llama 3-70B: 18.0 (#288)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3-70B
Kagi LLM Benchmark57.9%35.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14291195
DTBench—54.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—122.93
ForecastBench—57.1
WinoGrande—83.5%

Math GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116), Llama 3-70B: 12.8 (#305)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3-70B
LMArena Math14271218
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—4.3%
MATH Level 5—22.6%

Knowledge GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179), Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#277)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3-70B
LMArena Expert14331149
GPQA Diamond—40.6%
Humanity's Last Exam8.3%—
Confabulations11.3%—
MMLU—79.3%

Multilingual GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77), Llama 3-70B: 33.6 (#251)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3-70B
LMArena Non-English14171142
LMArena Chinese14651114
LMArena French14181232
LMArena German14071169
LMArena Japanese14151017
LMArena Korean13801017
LMArena Russian14141159
LMArena Spanish14541241

Instruction Following GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104), Llama 3-70B: 62.5 (#238)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3-70B
LMArena Instruction Following14041194

Long Context GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201), Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#240)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3-70B
LMArena Longer Query14121174
Fiction.LiveBench58.3%—

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127), Llama 3-70B: 42.8 (#231)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Llama 3-70B
LMArena Text14301221
LMArena Creative Writing13951210
LMArena Multi-Turn14151223
Short-Story Creative Writing73.4%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1343—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5 better than Llama 3-70B?

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.5 or Llama 3-70B better for coding?

GLM-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5 and Llama 3-70B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5 has 27 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3-70B has 31.

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