Model comparison

GLM-4.6 vs Olmo 7b Instruct

GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.6 Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.4

Rank #135 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6 scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.6 leads 61.1 to 25.8.

Side by side

GLM-4.6 and Olmo 7b Instruct specifications
GLM-4.6Olmo 7b Instruct
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index41.430.3
Released2025-09-30—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked2910

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 40.1 (#148), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding14491016
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)55.4%—
LMArena WebDev1340—
SciCode38.4%—
ALE-Bench340.82—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.6: 32.3 (#66), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Olmo 7b Instruct
Terminal-Bench24.5%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard72.4%—

Reasoning GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 23.7 (#172), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1440993
Kagi LLM Benchmark47.4%—
CritPt1.1%—

Math GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 39.1 (#111), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math14321018
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)3.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GLM-4.6: 40.2 (#124), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Olmo 7b Instruct
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.5%—
LMArena Expert1431—

Multilingual GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 53.5 (#66), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1426977
LMArena Chinese14991014
LMArena Russian1419947
LMArena French1459—
LMArena German1447—
LMArena Japanese1393—
LMArena Korean1400—
LMArena Spanish1436—

Instruction Following GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 74.3 (#98), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1410978

Long Context Not comparable

GLM-4.6: 43.4 (#94), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1422—

Writing & Preference GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 61.1 (#90), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text14401032
LMArena Creative Writing1411990
LMArena Multi-Turn14271007
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1411—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.6 better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.6 or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

GLM-4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6 and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6 has 29 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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