Model comparison

GLM-5.1 vs Llama 2-70B

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.1 Z.ai (Zhipu)

47.8

Rank #59 Confirmed

Llama 2-70B Meta

24.4

Rank #349 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-70B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.1 leads 54.9 to 7.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 93.3% for GLM-5.1 and 0% for Llama 2-70B.

Side by side

GLM-5.1 and Llama 2-70B specifications
GLM-5.1Llama 2-70B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Meta
Noometry Index47.824.4
Released2026-04-072023-07-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window200K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked4135

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 48.7 (#55), Llama 2-70B: 31.4 (#286)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama 2-70B
LMArena Coding14851079
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 2-70B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama 2-70B
APEX-Agents40.9%—
ExploitBench18.1%—
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 25,634—

Reasoning GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 39.1 (#60), Llama 2-70B: 14.4 (#325)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama 2-70B
LMArena Hard Prompts14721073
Epoch Capabilities Index149.84113.79
SimpleBench55.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)77.7%—
CritPt4.6%—
Chess Puzzles19%—
Thematic Generalization69.8%—
DTBench—41.6%
BIG-Bench Hard—64.9%
CommonsenseQA 2.0—50%
ForecastBench—51.4
HellaSwag—85.3%
LAMBADA—78.9%
PIQA—82.8%
WinoGrande—80.2%

Math GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 49.7 (#60), Llama 2-70B: 8.1 (#326)

Knowledge GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 54.9 (#50), Llama 2-70B: 7.4 (#310)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama 2-70B
GPQA Diamond89.9%26.3%
LMArena Expert14761039
SimpleQA Verified34%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—78.3%
BoolQ—88.6%
MMLU—69.9%
OpenBookQA—60.2%
TriviaQA—87.6%

Multilingual GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#36), Llama 2-70B: 27.7 (#274)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama 2-70B
LMArena Non-English14471045
LMArena Chinese1515995
LMArena French14741090
LMArena German14651041
LMArena Japanese1434927
LMArena Korean1418964
LMArena Russian14541083
LMArena Spanish14691143

Instruction Following GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 76.3 (#42), Llama 2-70B: 54.9 (#278)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama 2-70B
LMArena Instruction Following14511071

Long Context GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#53), Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#270)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama 2-70B
LMArena Longer Query14661062

Writing & Preference GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 66.9 (#31), Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#279)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama 2-70B
LMArena Text14611115
LMArena Creative Writing14531075
LMArena Multi-Turn14721088
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1592—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.1 better than Llama 2-70B?

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5.1 or Llama 2-70B better for coding?

GLM-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.1 and Llama 2-70B share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.1 has 41 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-70B has 35.

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