Model comparison

GLM-5.1 vs Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index. Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.1 Z.ai (Zhipu)

47.8

Rank #59 Confirmed

Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct Meta

30.6

Rank #291 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5.1 leads 49.7 to 15.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 93.3% for GLM-5.1 and 5.1% for Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct.
  • Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.32 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.1.
  • GLM-5.1 accepts more context: 200K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

GLM-5.1 and Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct specifications
GLM-5.1Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Meta
Noometry Index47.830.6
Released2026-04-072024-12-06
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window200K128K
Max output131K4K
Input $ / M tokens$1.40$0.10
Output $ / M tokens$4.40$0.32
Results tracked4143

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 48.7 (#55), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 31.0 (#290)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
SciCode43.8%26%
WeirdML57.1%14.4%
LMArena Coding14851268
SWE-bench Verified74.2%—
LMArena WebDev1508—
BigCodeBench Instruct—46.9%
LiveBench Coding—36.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—57.5%
ALE-Bench887.1—

Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call

GLM-5.1: 24.9 (#113), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 25.8 (#105)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
APEX-Agents40.9%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—31.9%
BALROG—23%
ExploitBench18.1%—
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 25,634—

Reasoning GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 39.1 (#60), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 14.1 (#327)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
SimpleBench55.1%19.9%
CritPt4.6%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14721257
Epoch Capabilities Index149.84127.33
NYT Connections (extended)77.7%—
Chess Puzzles19%—
Thematic Generalization69.8%—
LiveBench Reasoning—50.8%
DTBench—59.5%
LiveBench Data Analysis—49.5%
LMCA—17.5%
ForecastBench—58.6
LiveBench—50.2%

Math GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 49.7 (#60), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 15.3 (#298)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.3%5.1%
LMArena Math14731267
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)36.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.1%—
ProofBench22.2%—
LiveBench Math—42.2%
MATH Level 5—41.6%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)33.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)12.5%—

Knowledge GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 54.9 (#50), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 30.6 (#226)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
GPQA Diamond89.9%47.4%
LMArena Expert14761225
SimpleQA Verified34%—
Confabulations—22.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—4.1%
MMLU—86.3%

Multilingual GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#36), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 39.9 (#220)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
LMArena Non-English14471236
LMArena Chinese15151217
LMArena French14741281
LMArena German14651251
LMArena Japanese14341150
LMArena Korean14181143
LMArena Russian14541252
LMArena Spanish14691270

Instruction Following GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 76.3 (#42), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 71.1 (#157)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14511242
LiveBench Instruction Following—82.7%

Long Context GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#53), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 26.4 (#295)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14661256
Fiction.LiveBench—33.3%

Writing & Preference GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 66.9 (#31), Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 47.6 (#207)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
LMArena Text14611274
LMArena Creative Writing14531250
LMArena Multi-Turn14721280
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1592—
LiveBench Language—39.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.1 better than Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct?

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index. Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct costs 14× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-5.1 or Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct?

Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.32 per million output tokens; GLM-5.1 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

Is GLM-5.1 or Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct better for coding?

GLM-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 31.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-5.1 does, with 200K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.1 and Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.1 has 41 scored results on Noometry and Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct has 43.

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