Model comparison
GLM-4.5V vs Granite 4.2 3b
GLM-4.5V and Granite 4.2 3b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.8 vs 39.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5V scores higher in 6 categories and Granite 4.2 3b in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.5V leads 52.5 to 47.2.
Side by side
| GLM-4.5V | Granite 4.2 3b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 39.8 | 39.4 |
| Released | 2025-08-11 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 64K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.60 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.80 | — |
| Results tracked | 15 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
GLM-4.5V: 39.5 (#155), Granite 4.2 3b: 40.0 (#151)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1347 | 1361 |
Reasoning GLM-4.5V leads
GLM-4.5V: 27.4 (#119), Granite 4.2 3b: 26.0 (#138)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1334 | 1306 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 59.8% | — |
Math Not comparable
GLM-4.5V: 37.4 (#159), Granite 4.2 3b: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1354 | — |
Knowledge GLM-4.5V leads
GLM-4.5V: 37.5 (#156), Granite 4.2 3b: 36.3 (#171)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1353 | 1315 |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-4.5V: 34.3 (#92), Granite 4.2 3b: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1154 | — |
Multilingual GLM-4.5V leads
GLM-4.5V: 44.6 (#177), Granite 4.2 3b: 42.1 (#198)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1303 | 1268 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1337 | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | 1298 | 1249 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1336 | — |
Instruction Following GLM-4.5V leads
GLM-4.5V: 69.2 (#175), Granite 4.2 3b: 67.1 (#200)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1311 | 1273 |
Long Context Too close to call
GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#171), Granite 4.2 3b: 39.2 (#185)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1304 | 1291 |
Writing & Preference GLM-4.5V leads
GLM-4.5V: 52.5 (#170), Granite 4.2 3b: 47.2 (#212)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1333 | 1293 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1295 | 1205 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1332 | 1290 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.5V better than Granite 4.2 3b?
GLM-4.5V and Granite 4.2 3b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.8 vs 39.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is GLM-4.5V or Granite 4.2 3b better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (39.5 vs 40.0); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5V and Granite 4.2 3b share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5V has 15 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 3b has 11.