Model comparison

GLM-4.5 vs Qwen1.5-72B

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #122 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #285 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-72B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-4.5 leads 35.9 to 11.5.

Side by side

GLM-4.5 and Qwen1.5-72B specifications
GLM-4.5Qwen1.5-72B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index42.030.8
Released2025-07-272024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output98K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked2722

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125), Qwen1.5-72B: 31.9 (#277)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Coding14341165
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)54.2%—
WeirdML40.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—33.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—40.3%
ALE-Bench344.82—
AlgoTune1.52—
HumanEval+—59.1%
MBPP+—61.6%

Reasoning GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100), Qwen1.5-72B: 22.2 (#203)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts14291148
Kagi LLM Benchmark57.9%—

Math GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#205)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Math14271164

Knowledge GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179), Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#300)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Expert14331136
GPQA Diamond—28.8%
Humanity's Last Exam8.3%—
Confabulations11.3%—

Multilingual GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.2 (#253)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Non-English14171135
LMArena Chinese14651186
LMArena French14181159
LMArena German14071084
LMArena Japanese14151061
LMArena Korean13801050
LMArena Russian14141104
LMArena Spanish14541110

Instruction Following GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104), Qwen1.5-72B: 59.3 (#256)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Instruction Following14041141

Long Context GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201), Qwen1.5-72B: 35.1 (#243)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Longer Query14121157
Fiction.LiveBench58.3%—

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127), Qwen1.5-72B: 37.3 (#258)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5Qwen1.5-72B
LMArena Text14301166
LMArena Creative Writing13951137
LMArena Multi-Turn14151160
Short-Story Creative Writing73.4%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1343—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5 better than Qwen1.5-72B?

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.5 or Qwen1.5-72B better for coding?

GLM-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 31.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5 and Qwen1.5-72B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5 has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-72B has 22.

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