Model comparison
GLM-5 vs Llama 3-70B
GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5 scores higher in 9 categories and Llama 3-70B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5 leads 46.4 to 12.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 80% for GLM-5 and 4.3% for Llama 3-70B.
Side by side
| GLM-5 | Llama 3-70B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 46.1 | 28.8 |
| Released | 2026-02-11 | 2024-04-18 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 205K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 45 | 31 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5 leads
GLM-5: 49.0 (#52), Llama 3-70B: 35.8 (#218)
| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | 1206 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 72.1% | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 72.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1434 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 69.7% | — |
| WeirdML | 48.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 43.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.5% |
| ALE-Bench | 765.62 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 72% |
| MBPP+ | — | 69% |
Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5 leads
GLM-5: 31.1 (#71), Llama 3-70B: 21.1 (#139)
| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 52.4% | — |
| τ²-bench Airline | 82.5% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 9.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Retail | 73.7% | — |
| τ²-bench Telecom | 86.8% | — |
| Cybench | — | 5% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 4,432 | — |
Reasoning GLM-5 leads
GLM-5: 27.6 (#116), Llama 3-70B: 18.0 (#288)
| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 75% | 35.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1452 | 1195 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.83 | 122.93 |
| ForecastBench | 61 | 57.1 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | — |
| SimpleBench | 53.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 74.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 44.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 10% | — |
| DTBench | — | 54.2% |
| WinoGrande | — | 83.5% |
Math GLM-5 leads
GLM-5: 46.4 (#71), Llama 3-70B: 12.8 (#305)
| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 80% | 4.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1440 | 1218 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 65.7% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 22.6% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 16.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | — |
Knowledge GLM-5 leads
GLM-5: 52.3 (#64), Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#277)
| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.8% | 40.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1454 | 1149 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.1% | — |
| MMLU | — | 79.3% |
Multilingual GLM-5 leads
GLM-5: 53.7 (#58), Llama 3-70B: 33.6 (#251)
| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1430 | 1142 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | 1114 |
| LMArena French | 1455 | 1232 |
| LMArena German | 1445 | 1169 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1416 | 1017 |
| LMArena Korean | 1423 | 1017 |
| LMArena Russian | 1436 | 1159 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1454 | 1241 |
Instruction Following GLM-5 leads
GLM-5: 75.2 (#67), Llama 3-70B: 62.5 (#238)
| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1428 | 1194 |
Long Context GLM-5 leads
GLM-5: 44.7 (#60), Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#240)
| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1446 | 1174 |
| CL-bench | 18.7% | — |
Writing & Preference GLM-5 leads
GLM-5: 66.0 (#38), Llama 3-70B: 42.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1446 | 1221 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1439 | 1210 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | 1223 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1601 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-5 better than Llama 3-70B?
GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is GLM-5 or Llama 3-70B better for coding?
GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and Llama 3-70B share?
22 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3-70B has 31.