Model comparison

GLM-5.2 vs Granite 4.0 H Small

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

36.5

Rank #214 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 8 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5.2 leads 70.4 to 43.8.

Side by side

GLM-5.2 and Granite 4.0 H Small specifications
GLM-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)IBM
Noometry Index51.136.5
Released2026-06-13—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked5119

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41), Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Coding14851249
SWE-bench Verified78.7%—
DeepSWE43.8%—
FrontierCode24.5%—
LMArena WebDev1603—
SciCode50.5%—
WeirdML70.1%—
ALE-Bench1,047—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63), Granite 4.0 H Small: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
APEX-Agents45.2%—
τ²-bench Banking37.1%—
PostTrainBench31.7%—
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 28,314—

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52), Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Hard Prompts14801240
ARC-AGI-222.8%—
SimpleBench58.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark62.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.3%—
ARC-AGI-177%—
CritPt20.9%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
EBR-Bench9.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench93.6%—
LMCA45.8%—
Surface Evolver Bench55.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.78—

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Math14821247
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.4%—
ProofBench35%—
Omni-MATH—29.6%

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40), Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Expert14861251
GPQA Diamond91.9%—
SimpleQA Verified34.2%—
MMLU-Pro—56.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.2%
GPQA (HELM)—38.3%

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Non-English14591216
LMArena Chinese15191249
LMArena Russian14661201
LMArena Spanish14771258
LMArena French1479—
LMArena German1468—
LMArena Japanese1451—
LMArena Korean1445—

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Instruction Following14651222
IFEval—89%

Long Context GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Longer Query14791242

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21), Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Text14701241
LMArena Creative Writing14621211
LMArena Multi-Turn14691242
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1757—
WildBench—73.9%
EQ-Bench 41222—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.2 better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5.2 or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.

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