Model comparison
GLM-4.6 vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6 scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.6 leads 61.3 to 27.7.
Side by side
| GLM-4.6 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 40.9 | 27.4 |
| Released | 2025-09-30 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 205K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.60 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 29 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 39.9 (#137), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.1 (#319)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1449 | 1093 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 55.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1339 | — |
| SciCode | 38.4% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 15.5% |
| ALE-Bench | 340.82 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 54.2% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GLM-4.6: 32.1 (#60), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 24.5% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 72.4% | — |
Reasoning GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 23.1 (#168), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 13.6 (#326)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1440 | 1072 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 47.4% | — |
| CritPt | 1.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 26.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 34.7% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 52.8% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| HellaSwag | — | 76.7% |
| LiveBench | — | 22.4% |
| WinoGrande | — | 70.8% |
Math GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 36.4 (#115), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 24.5 (#258)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1431 | 1111 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 15.7% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 3.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | — |
Knowledge GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 39.6 (#118), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.9 (#241)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1432 | 1045 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.5% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 84.9% |
| MMLU | — | 68.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 64% |
Multilingual GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 53.6 (#62), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.5 (#275)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1426 | 1021 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1500 | 1021 |
| LMArena French | 1459 | 1075 |
| LMArena German | 1447 | 1044 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1394 | 935 |
| LMArena Korean | 1401 | 905 |
| LMArena Russian | 1418 | 1022 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1436 | 1084 |
Instruction Following GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 74.5 (#93), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 48.0 (#298)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1410 | 1053 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 39.1% |
Long Context GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 43.4 (#91), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#271)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1423 | 1044 |
Writing & Preference GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 61.3 (#86), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.7 (#295)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1440 | 1073 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | 1037 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1427 | 1018 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1411 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 9.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.6 better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?
GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is GLM-4.6 or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?
GLM-4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 26.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6 has 29 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.