Model comparison

GLM-5 vs Granite 4.0 H Small

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

46.1

Rank #66 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

36.5

Rank #214 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5 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 leads 66.0 to 43.8.

Side by side

GLM-5 and Granite 4.0 H Small specifications
GLM-5Granite 4.0 H Small
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)IBM
Noometry Index46.136.5
Released2026-02-11—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1—
Output $ / M tokens$3.20—
Results tracked4519

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 49.0 (#52), Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Coding14611249
SWE-bench Verified72.1%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1434—
SWE-bench Multilingual69.7%—
WeirdML48.2%—
ALE-Bench765.62—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5: 31.1 (#71), Granite 4.0 H Small: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Granite 4.0 H Small
Terminal-Bench52.4%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking9.8%—
τ²-bench Retail73.7%—
τ²-bench Telecom86.8%—
Vending-Bench 24,432—

Reasoning GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 27.6 (#116), Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Hard Prompts14521240
ARC-AGI-24.9%—
SimpleBench53.2%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark75%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.8%—
ARC-AGI-144.7%—
Chess Puzzles10%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.83—
ForecastBench61—

Math GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 46.4 (#71), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Math14401247
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions65.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202580%—
Omni-MATH—29.6%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)16.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 52.3 (#64), Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Granite 4.0 H Small
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.1%5.2%
LMArena Expert14541251
GPQA Diamond87.8%—
MMLU-Pro—56.9%
GPQA (HELM)—38.3%

Multilingual GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 53.7 (#58), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Non-English14301216
LMArena Chinese15111249
LMArena Russian14361201
LMArena Spanish14541258
LMArena French1455—
LMArena German1445—
LMArena Japanese1416—
LMArena Korean1423—

Instruction Following GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 75.2 (#67), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Instruction Following14281222
IFEval—89%

Long Context GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 44.7 (#60), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Longer Query14461242
CL-bench18.7%—

Writing & Preference GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 66.0 (#38), Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Granite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Text14461241
LMArena Creative Writing14391211
LMArena Multi-Turn14561242
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1601—
WildBench—73.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5 better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5 or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.

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