Model comparison

GLM-4.5V vs Granite 4.0 H Small

GLM-4.5V is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5V Z.ai (Zhipu)

39.2

Rank #158 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

35.9

Rank #213 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5V scores higher in 8 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.5V leads 52.7 to 44.0.

Side by side

GLM-4.5V and Granite 4.0 H Small specifications
GLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)IBM
Noometry Index39.235.9
Released2025-08-11—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window64K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$1.80—
Results tracked1519

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5V leads

GLM-4.5V: 38.9 (#152), Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Coding13471247

Reasoning GLM-4.5V leads

GLM-4.5V: 26.5 (#118), Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Hard Prompts13351240
Kagi LLM Benchmark59.8%—

Math GLM-4.5V leads

GLM-4.5V: 34.7 (#157), Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Math13531251
Omni-MATH—29.6%

Knowledge GLM-4.5V leads

GLM-4.5V: 36.8 (#155), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Expert13531244
MMLU-Pro—56.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.2%
GPQA (HELM)—38.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.5V: 33.6 (#86), Granite 4.0 H Small: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Vision1154—

Multilingual GLM-4.5V leads

GLM-4.5V: 44.9 (#172), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.7 (#223)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Non-English13041216
LMArena Chinese13381250
LMArena Russian12991198
LMArena Spanish13351258

Instruction Following Too close to call

GLM-4.5V: 69.4 (#170), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.9 (#178)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Instruction Following13111221
IFEval—89%

Long Context GLM-4.5V leads

GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#166), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Longer Query13051240

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5V leads

GLM-4.5V: 52.7 (#162), Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Text13331241
LMArena Creative Writing12951210
LMArena Multi-Turn13331243
WildBench—73.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5V better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

GLM-4.5V is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.5V or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

GLM-4.5V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5V and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5V has 15 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.

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