Model comparison
GLM-4.6 vs Nova Premier 1.0
GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GLM-4.6 scores higher in 5 categories and Nova Premier 1.0 in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.6 leads 61.1 to 51.0.
- GLM-4.6 is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
- Nova Premier 1.0 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.
- GLM-4.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GLM-4.6 | Nova Premier 1.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 41.4 | 38.3 |
| Released | 2025-09-30 | 2025-04-30 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 205K | 1M |
| Max output | 131K | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.60 | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | $12.50 |
| Results tracked | 29 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
GLM-4.6: 40.1 (#148), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 55.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1340 | — |
| SciCode | 38.4% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1449 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 340.82 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GLM-4.6: 32.3 (#66), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 24.5% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 72.4% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
GLM-4.6: 23.7 (#172), Nova Premier 1.0: 23.0 (#185)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 47.4% | 44.8% |
| CritPt | 1.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1440 | — |
Math GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 39.1 (#111), Nova Premier 1.0: 33.8 (#199)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | — | 35% |
| LMArena Math | 1432 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 3.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | — |
Knowledge GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 40.2 (#124), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.8 (#180)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | — | 72.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 51.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1431 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
GLM-4.6: 53.5 (#66), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1426 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1499 | — |
| LMArena French | 1459 | — |
| LMArena German | 1447 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1393 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1400 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1419 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1436 | — |
Instruction Following GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 74.3 (#98), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.8 (#204)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 80.3% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1410 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
GLM-4.6: 43.4 (#94), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1422 | — |
Writing & Preference GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 61.1 (#90), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#178)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1440 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1411 | — |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1427 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.6 better than Nova Premier 1.0?
GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, GLM-4.6 or Nova Premier 1.0?
GLM-4.6 is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nova Premier 1.0 does, with 1M tokens against 205K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6 and Nova Premier 1.0 share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. GLM-4.6 has 29 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.