Model comparison
GLM-4.6V vs Granite 4.2 30b
GLM-4.6V and Granite 4.2 30b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.3 vs 41.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6V scores higher in 3 categories and Granite 4.2 30b in 4 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
Side by side
| GLM-4.6V | Granite 4.2 30b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 41.3 | 41.8 |
| Released | 2025-12-08 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 33K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.90 | — |
| Results tracked | 12 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
GLM-4.6V: 40.9 (#128), Granite 4.2 30b: 41.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1390 | 1396 |
Reasoning Too close to call
GLM-4.6V: 27.6 (#115), Granite 4.2 30b: 27.8 (#112)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1368 | 1374 |
Knowledge Granite 4.2 30b leads
GLM-4.6V: 38.0 (#149), Granite 4.2 30b: 39.1 (#138)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1371 | 1406 |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-4.6V: 34.8 (#90), Granite 4.2 30b: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | — |
Multilingual GLM-4.6V leads
GLM-4.6V: 48.6 (#141), Granite 4.2 30b: 47.3 (#151)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1359 | 1340 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1425 | 1414 |
| LMArena Russian | 1340 | 1343 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
GLM-4.6V: 71.4 (#151), Granite 4.2 30b: 71.2 (#155)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1352 | 1347 |
Long Context Too close to call
GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#143), Granite 4.2 30b: 41.4 (#140)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1358 | 1359 |
Writing & Preference GLM-4.6V leads
GLM-4.6V: 56.6 (#137), Granite 4.2 30b: 53.8 (#156)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Granite 4.2 30b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1377 | 1361 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1347 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1360 | 1339 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.6V better than Granite 4.2 30b?
GLM-4.6V and Granite 4.2 30b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.3 vs 41.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is GLM-4.6V or Granite 4.2 30b better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (40.9 vs 41.0); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6V and Granite 4.2 30b share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6V has 12 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 30b has 11.