Model comparison

GLM-4.6V vs Phi-4 Mini

GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index. Phi-4 Mini costs 3.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.6V's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.6V Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.3

Rank #137 Confirmed

Phi-4 Mini

Microsoft

30.9

Rank #283 Reported

Summary

The widest gap is in coding, where GLM-4.6V leads 40.9 to 28.1.
Phi-4 Mini is cheaper at $0.075 / $0.30 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $0.90 for GLM-4.6V.

Side by side

GLM-4.6V and Phi-4 Mini specifications
	GLM-4.6V	Phi-4 Mini
Provider	Z.ai (Zhipu)	Microsoft
Noometry Index	41.3	30.9
Released	2025-12-08	2024-12-11
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	128K	128K
Max output	33K	4K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.30	$0.075
Output $ / M tokens	$0.90	$0.30
Results tracked	12	3

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 40.9 (#128), Phi-4 Mini: 28.1 (#317)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Phi-4 Mini
SciCode	—	10.8%
LMArena Coding	1390	—

Reasoning GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 27.6 (#115), Phi-4 Mini: 22.4 (#195)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Phi-4 Mini
CritPt	—	0%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1368	—

Knowledge GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 38.0 (#149), Phi-4 Mini: 25.3 (#262)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Phi-4 Mini
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	23.5%
LMArena Expert	1371	—

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: 34.8 (#90), Phi-4 Mini: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Phi-4 Mini
LMArena Vision	1164	—

Multilingual Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: 48.6 (#141), Phi-4 Mini: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Phi-4 Mini
LMArena Non-English	1359	—
LMArena Chinese	1425	—
LMArena Russian	1340	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: 71.4 (#151), Phi-4 Mini: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Phi-4 Mini
LMArena Instruction Following	1352	—

Long Context Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#143), Phi-4 Mini: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Phi-4 Mini
LMArena Longer Query	1358	—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: 56.6 (#137), Phi-4 Mini: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Phi-4 Mini
LMArena Text	1377	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1347	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1360	—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.6V better than Phi-4 Mini?

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.6V or Phi-4 Mini?

Phi-4 Mini is cheaper. It lists at $0.075 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; GLM-4.6V lists at $0.30 and $0.90.

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

GLM-4.6V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.9 versus 28.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 128K tokens.

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

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