Model comparison

GLM-5.1 vs Llama 2-13B

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.1 Z.ai (Zhipu)

47.8

Rank #59 Confirmed

Llama 2-13B Meta

29.6

Rank #309 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-13B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5.1 leads 66.9 to 29.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 19% for GLM-5.1 and 0% for Llama 2-13B.

Side by side

GLM-5.1 and Llama 2-13B specifications
GLM-5.1Llama 2-13B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Meta
Noometry Index47.829.6
Released2026-04-072023-07-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window200K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked4132

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 48.7 (#55), Llama 2-13B: 30.9 (#291)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama 2-13B
LMArena Coding14851062
SWE-bench Verified74.2%—
LMArena WebDev1508—
SciCode43.8%—
WeirdML57.1%—
ALE-Bench887.1—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.1: 24.9 (#113), Llama 2-13B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama 2-13B
APEX-Agents40.9%—
ExploitBench18.1%—
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 25,634—

Reasoning GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 39.1 (#60), Llama 2-13B: 12.8 (#337)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama 2-13B
Chess Puzzles19%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14721051
Epoch Capabilities Index149.84106.17
SimpleBench55.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)77.7%—
CritPt4.6%—
Thematic Generalization69.8%—
DTBench—42.2%
BIG-Bench Hard—58.2%
HellaSwag—80.7%
LAMBADA—76.5%
PIQA—80.8%
WinoGrande—72.8%

Math GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 49.7 (#60), Llama 2-13B: 31.1 (#229)

Knowledge GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 54.9 (#50), Llama 2-13B: 28.1 (#249)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama 2-13B
LMArena Expert14761030
GPQA Diamond89.9%—
SimpleQA Verified34%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—60.3%
BoolQ—82.4%
MMLU—55.6%
OpenBookQA—57%
TriviaQA—79.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-5.1: —, Llama 2-13B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama 2-13B
ScienceQA—55.8%

Multilingual GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#36), Llama 2-13B: 26.5 (#279)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama 2-13B
LMArena Non-English14471024
LMArena Chinese15151001
LMArena French14741044
LMArena German14651009
LMArena Japanese1434894
LMArena Korean1418953
LMArena Russian14541055
LMArena Spanish14691087

Instruction Following GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 76.3 (#42), Llama 2-13B: 53.3 (#287)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama 2-13B
LMArena Instruction Following14511045

Long Context GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#53), Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#269)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama 2-13B
LMArena Longer Query14661064

Writing & Preference GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 66.9 (#31), Llama 2-13B: 29.8 (#289)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama 2-13B
LMArena Text14611084
LMArena Creative Writing14531047
LMArena Multi-Turn14721050
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1592—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.1 better than Llama 2-13B?

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5.1 or Llama 2-13B better for coding?

GLM-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.1 and Llama 2-13B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.1 has 41 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-13B has 32.

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