Model comparison

GLM-5 vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

46.1

Rank #66 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5 leads 52.3 to 34.1.

Side by side

GLM-5 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct specifications
GLM-5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)NVIDIA
Noometry Index46.137.6
Released2026-02-112024-12-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1—
Output $ / M tokens$3.20—
Results tracked4514

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 49.0 (#52), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.9 (#216)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Coding14611272
SWE-bench Verified72.1%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1434—
SWE-bench Multilingual69.7%—
WeirdML48.2%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.7%
BigCodeBench Complete—48.2%
ALE-Bench765.62—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5: 31.1 (#71), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
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 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 25.0 (#152)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14521266
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), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.5 (#182)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Math14401271
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions65.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202580%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)16.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 52.3 (#64), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 34.1 (#199)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Expert14541242
GPQA Diamond87.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.1%—

Multilingual GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 53.7 (#58), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 40.5 (#217)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14301245
LMArena Chinese15111263
LMArena Russian14361227
LMArena French1455—
LMArena German1445—
LMArena Japanese1416—
LMArena Korean1423—
LMArena Spanish1454—

Instruction Following GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 75.2 (#67), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 65.9 (#213)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14281252

Long Context GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 44.7 (#60), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#215)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14461238
CL-bench18.7%—

Writing & Preference GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 66.0 (#38), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 48.4 (#203)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Text14461283
LMArena Creative Writing14391269
LMArena Multi-Turn14561275
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1601—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5 better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5 or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct better for coding?

GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has 14.

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