Noometry

Model comparison

GLM-4.5V vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

GLM-4.5V and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.8 vs 40.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5V Z.ai (Zhipu)

39.8

Rank #158 Confirmed

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning NVIDIA

40.0

Rank #155 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5V scores higher in 3 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 5 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.5V leads 52.5 to 48.5.
  • Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $1.80 for GLM-4.5V.
  • Nemotron 3.5 Lightning accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 64K.

Side by side

GLM-4.5VNemotron 3.5 Lightning
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)NVIDIA
Noometry Index39.840.0
Released2025-08-112026-08-11
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window64K262K
Max output16K262K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$0.05
Output $ / M tokens$1.80$0.20
Results tracked1518

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

GLM-4.5V: 39.5 (#155), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)

BenchmarkGLM-4.5VNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Coding13471375

Reasoning Too close to call

GLM-4.5V: 27.4 (#119), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)

BenchmarkGLM-4.5VNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Hard Prompts13341337
Kagi LLM Benchmark59.8%—

Math Too close to call

GLM-4.5V: 37.4 (#159), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)

BenchmarkGLM-4.5VNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Math13541359

Knowledge Too close to call

GLM-4.5V: 37.5 (#156), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)

BenchmarkGLM-4.5VNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Expert13531356

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.5V: 34.3 (#92), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —

BenchmarkGLM-4.5VNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Vision1154—

Multilingual Too close to call

GLM-4.5V: 44.6 (#177), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)

BenchmarkGLM-4.5VNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Non-English13031295
LMArena Chinese13371359
LMArena Russian12981253
LMArena Spanish13361345
LMArena French—1366
LMArena German—1282
LMArena Japanese—1206
LMArena Korean—1238

Instruction Following Too close to call

GLM-4.5V: 69.2 (#175), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)

BenchmarkGLM-4.5VNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Instruction Following13111318

Long Context Too close to call

GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#171), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)

BenchmarkGLM-4.5VNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Longer Query13041314

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5V leads

GLM-4.5V: 52.5 (#170), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)

BenchmarkGLM-4.5VNemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Text13331327
LMArena Creative Writing12951254
LMArena Multi-Turn13321328
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1280

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5V better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

GLM-4.5V and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.8 vs 40.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5V or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; GLM-4.5V lists at $0.60 and $1.80.

Is GLM-4.5V or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (39.5 vs 40.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning does, with 262K tokens against 64K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5V and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5V has 15 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.

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