Model comparison

GLM-5 vs Llama 2-13B

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

46.1

Rank #66 Confirmed

Llama 2-13B Meta

29.6

Rank #309 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-13B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5 leads 66.0 to 29.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 10% for GLM-5 and 0% for Llama 2-13B.

Side by side

GLM-5 and Llama 2-13B specifications
GLM-5Llama 2-13B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Meta
Noometry Index46.129.6
Released2026-02-112023-07-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1—
Output $ / M tokens$3.20—
Results tracked4532

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 49.0 (#52), Llama 2-13B: 30.9 (#291)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 2-13B
LMArena Coding14611062
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), Llama 2-13B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 2-13B
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), Llama 2-13B: 12.8 (#337)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 2-13B
Chess Puzzles10%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14521051
Epoch Capabilities Index145.83106.17
ARC-AGI-24.9%—
SimpleBench53.2%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark75%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.8%—
ARC-AGI-144.7%—
DTBench—42.2%
BIG-Bench Hard—58.2%
ForecastBench61—
HellaSwag—80.7%
LAMBADA—76.5%
PIQA—80.8%
WinoGrande—72.8%

Math GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 46.4 (#71), Llama 2-13B: 31.1 (#229)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 2-13B
LMArena Math14401065
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions65.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202580%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)16.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—
GSM8K—36.9%

Knowledge GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 52.3 (#64), Llama 2-13B: 28.1 (#249)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 2-13B
LMArena Expert14541030
GPQA Diamond87.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.1%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—60.3%
BoolQ—82.4%
MMLU—55.6%
OpenBookQA—57%
TriviaQA—79.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-5: —, Llama 2-13B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 2-13B
ScienceQA—55.8%

Multilingual GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 53.7 (#58), Llama 2-13B: 26.5 (#279)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 2-13B
LMArena Non-English14301024
LMArena Chinese15111001
LMArena French14551044
LMArena German14451009
LMArena Japanese1416894
LMArena Korean1423953
LMArena Russian14361055
LMArena Spanish14541087

Instruction Following GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 75.2 (#67), Llama 2-13B: 53.3 (#287)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 2-13B
LMArena Instruction Following14281045

Long Context GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 44.7 (#60), Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#269)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 2-13B
LMArena Longer Query14461064
CL-bench18.7%—

Writing & Preference GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 66.0 (#38), Llama 2-13B: 29.8 (#289)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 2-13B
LMArena Text14461084
LMArena Creative Writing14391047
LMArena Multi-Turn14561050
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1601—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5 better than Llama 2-13B?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5 or Llama 2-13B better for coding?

GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and Llama 2-13B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-13B has 32.

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