Model comparison

GLM-5.1 vs Qwen3-4B

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.6 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.1 Z.ai (Zhipu)

47.6

Rank #51 Confirmed

Qwen3-4B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.5

Rank #261 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.1 scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen3-4B in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.1 leads 55.0 to 33.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 93.3% for GLM-5.1 and 52.2% for Qwen3-4B.

Side by side

GLM-5.1 and Qwen3-4B specifications
GLM-5.1Qwen3-4B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index47.631.5
Released2026-04-072025-04-29
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window200K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked416

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GLM-5.1: 48.5 (#52), Qwen3-4B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Qwen3-4B
SWE-bench Verified74.2%—
LMArena WebDev1509—
SciCode43.8%—
WeirdML57.1%—
LMArena Coding1486—
ALE-Bench887.1—

Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3-4B leads

GLM-5.1: 24.8 (#106), Qwen3-4B: 27.3 (#94)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Qwen3-4B
APEX-Agents40.9%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—35.7%
ExploitBench18.1%—
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 25,634—

Reasoning GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 38.2 (#57), Qwen3-4B: 18.5 (#264)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Qwen3-4B
Chess Puzzles19%4%
SimpleBench55.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)77.7%—
CritPt4.6%—
Thematic Generalization69.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1472—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.86—

Math GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 49.0 (#48), Qwen3-4B: 28.5 (#228)

Knowledge GLM-5.1 leads

GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#45), Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#198)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Qwen3-4B
GPQA Diamond89.9%52.3%
SimpleQA Verified34%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.7%
LMArena Expert1477—

Multilingual Not comparable

GLM-5.1: 55.2 (#34), Qwen3-4B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Qwen3-4B
LMArena Non-English1448—
LMArena Chinese1516—
LMArena French1478—
LMArena German1466—
LMArena Japanese1436—
LMArena Korean1423—
LMArena Russian1453—
LMArena Spanish1467—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GLM-5.1: 76.5 (#41), Qwen3-4B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Qwen3-4B
LMArena Instruction Following1451—

Long Context Not comparable

GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#51), Qwen3-4B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Qwen3-4B
LMArena Longer Query1467—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GLM-5.1: 67.2 (#29), Qwen3-4B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.1Qwen3-4B
LMArena Text1462—
LMArena Creative Writing1454—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1592—
LMArena Multi-Turn1473—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.1 better than Qwen3-4B?

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.6 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.1 and Qwen3-4B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.1 has 41 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.

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