Model comparison

GLM-4.6V vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct

GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.6V Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.3

Rank #137 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Microsoft

27.9

Rank #328 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6V scores higher in 7 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct 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 27.6.

Side by side

GLM-4.6V and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct specifications
GLM-4.6VPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Microsoft
Noometry Index41.327.9
Released2025-12-082024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$0.90—
Results tracked1235

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 40.9 (#128), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding13901093
LiveBench Coding—15.5%
HumanEval+—59.1%
MBPP+—54.2%

Reasoning GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 27.6 (#115), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13681072
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 Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LiveBench Math—15.7%
LMArena Math—1111

Knowledge GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 38.0 (#149), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert13711045
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.9%
MMLU—68.8%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—64%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: 34.8 (#90), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Vision1164—

Multilingual GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 48.6 (#141), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English13591021
LMArena Chinese14251021
LMArena Russian13401022
LMArena French—1076
LMArena German—1044
LMArena Japanese—935
LMArena Korean—905
LMArena Spanish—1085

Instruction Following GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 71.4 (#151), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13521053
LiveBench Instruction Following—39.1%

Long Context GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#143), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13581044

Writing & Preference GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 56.6 (#137), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Text13771073
LMArena Creative Writing13471037
LMArena Multi-Turn13601018
LiveBench Language—9.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.6V better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?

GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.6V or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?

GLM-4.6V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.9 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6V and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6V has 12 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.

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