Model comparison

GLM-4.6V vs Granite 4.0 H Small

GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.6V Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.3

Rank #137 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

36.5

Rank #214 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6V scores higher in 7 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.6V leads 56.6 to 43.8.

Side by side

GLM-4.6V and Granite 4.0 H Small specifications
GLM-4.6VGranite 4.0 H Small
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)IBM
Noometry Index41.336.5
Released2025-12-08—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$0.90—
Results tracked1219

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 40.9 (#128), Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Coding13901249

Reasoning GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 27.6 (#115), Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Hard Prompts13681240

Math Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGranite 4.0 H Small
Omni-MATH—29.6%
LMArena Math—1247

Knowledge GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 38.0 (#149), Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Expert13711251
MMLU-Pro—56.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.2%
GPQA (HELM)—38.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: 34.8 (#90), Granite 4.0 H Small: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Vision1164—

Multilingual GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 48.6 (#141), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Non-English13591216
LMArena Chinese14251249
LMArena Russian13401201
LMArena Spanish—1258

Instruction Following GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 71.4 (#151), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Instruction Following13521222
IFEval—89%

Long Context GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#143), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Longer Query13581242

Writing & Preference GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 56.6 (#137), Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Text13771241
LMArena Creative Writing13471211
LMArena Multi-Turn13601242
WildBench—73.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.6V better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.6V or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

GLM-4.6V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.9 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6V and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6V has 12 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.

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