Model comparison
GLM-4.6V vs Step 3
GLM-4.6V and Step 3 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 . 12 shared benchmarks.
StepFunSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6V scores higher in 6 categories and Step 3 in 2 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
Side by side
| GLM-4.6V | Step 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 41.3 | 40.5 |
| 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 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
GLM-4.6V: 40.9 (#128), Step 3: 40.1 (#147)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1390 | 1367 |
Reasoning Too close to call
GLM-4.6V: 27.6 (#115), Step 3: 28.4 (#105)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1368 | 1355 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 62.3% |
Math Not comparable
GLM-4.6V: —, Step 3: 37.6 (#148)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1366 |
Knowledge GLM-4.6V leads
GLM-4.6V: 38.0 (#149), Step 3: 36.8 (#164)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1371 | 1333 |
Multimodal Too close to call
GLM-4.6V: 34.8 (#90), Step 3: 35.5 (#86)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | 1177 |
Multilingual GLM-4.6V leads
GLM-4.6V: 48.6 (#141), Step 3: 46.3 (#159)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1359 | 1327 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1425 | 1397 |
| LMArena Russian | 1340 | 1331 |
| LMArena German | — | 1371 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1371 |
Instruction Following GLM-4.6V leads
GLM-4.6V: 71.4 (#151), Step 3: 70.4 (#164)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1352 | 1332 |
Long Context GLM-4.6V leads
GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#143), Step 3: 40.3 (#157)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1358 | 1326 |
Writing & Preference GLM-4.6V leads
GLM-4.6V: 56.6 (#137), Step 3: 54.3 (#151)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1377 | 1350 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1347 | 1321 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1360 | 1341 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.6V better than Step 3?
GLM-4.6V and Step 3 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.
Is GLM-4.6V or Step 3 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (40.9 vs 40.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6V and Step 3 share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6V has 12 scored results on Noometry and Step 3 has 17.