Model comparison

GLM-4.6V vs Granite 4.2 8B

GLM-4.6V and Granite 4.2 8B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.3 vs 40.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 11 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.6V Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.3

Rank #137 Confirmed

Granite 4.2 8B IBM

40.5

Rank #148 Confirmed

Summary

They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6V scores higher in 6 categories and Granite 4.2 8B in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.6V leads 56.6 to 49.6.
Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $0.90 for GLM-4.6V.
Granite 4.2 8B accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

GLM-4.6V and Granite 4.2 8B specifications
	GLM-4.6V	Granite 4.2 8B
Provider	Z.ai (Zhipu)	IBM
Noometry Index	41.3	40.5
Released	2025-12-08	—
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	128K	131K
Max output	33K	118K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.30	$0.06
Output $ / M tokens	$0.90	$0.25
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 8B: 40.5 (#137)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Coding	1390	1380

Reasoning GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 27.6 (#115), Granite 4.2 8B: 26.6 (#131)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Hard Prompts	1368	1329

Knowledge Too close to call

GLM-4.6V: 38.0 (#149), Granite 4.2 8B: 38.4 (#145)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Expert	1371	1384

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: 34.8 (#90), Granite 4.2 8B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Vision	1164	—

Multilingual GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 48.6 (#141), Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#178)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Non-English	1359	1302
LMArena Chinese	1425	1366
LMArena Russian	1340	1285

Instruction Following GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 71.4 (#151), Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#184)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Instruction Following	1352	1301

Long Context GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#143), Granite 4.2 8B: 40.3 (#159)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Longer Query	1358	1324

Writing & Preference GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 56.6 (#137), Granite 4.2 8B: 49.6 (#189)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Granite 4.2 8B
LMArena Text	1377	1320
LMArena Creative Writing	1347	1236
LMArena Multi-Turn	1360	1301

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.6V better than Granite 4.2 8B?

GLM-4.6V and Granite 4.2 8B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.3 vs 40.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.6V or Granite 4.2 8B?

Granite 4.2 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; GLM-4.6V lists at $0.30 and $0.90.

Is GLM-4.6V or Granite 4.2 8B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (40.9 vs 40.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

Granite 4.2 8B does, with 131K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6V and Granite 4.2 8B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6V has 12 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 8B has 11.