Model comparison

GLM-4.5 vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #122 Confirmed

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.5 leads 57.5 to 31.1.

Side by side

GLM-4.5 and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct specifications
GLM-4.5Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Microsoft
Noometry Index42.029.3
Released2025-07-272024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output98K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked2732

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Coding14341101
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)54.2%—
WeirdML40.6%—
LiveBench Coding—20.3%
ALE-Bench344.82—
AlgoTune1.52—

Reasoning GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14291100
Kagi LLM Benchmark57.9%—
LiveBench Reasoning—15.9%
LiveBench Data Analysis—30.3%
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—79.1%
HellaSwag—77%
LiveBench—24%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Math14271151
LiveBench Math—17.6%

Knowledge GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Expert14331067
Humanity's Last Exam8.3%—
Confabulations11.3%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—90.7%
MMLU—75.7%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—58.1%

Multilingual GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Non-English14171058
LMArena Chinese14651061
LMArena French14181135
LMArena German14071080
LMArena Japanese1415966
LMArena Korean1380894
LMArena Russian14141111
LMArena Spanish14541111

Instruction Following GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14041087
LiveBench Instruction Following—47.2%

Long Context GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14121088
Fiction.LiveBench58.3%—

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Text14301110
LMArena Creative Writing13951083
LMArena Multi-Turn14151068
Short-Story Creative Writing73.4%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1343—
LiveBench Language—12.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5 better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.5 or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

GLM-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5 and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5 has 27 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

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