Model comparison

GLM-5 vs Nova Premier 1.0

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

46.1

Rank #66 Confirmed

Nova Premier 1.0 Amazon

38.3

Rank #189 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GLM-5 scores higher in 5 categories and Nova Premier 1.0 in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5 leads 52.3 to 35.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 75% for GLM-5 and 44.8% for Nova Premier 1.0.
  • GLM-5 is cheaper at $1 / $3.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
  • Nova Premier 1.0 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.
  • GLM-5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-5 and Nova Premier 1.0 specifications
GLM-5Nova Premier 1.0
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Amazon
Noometry Index46.138.3
Released2026-02-112025-04-30
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window205K1M
Max output131K10K
Input $ / M tokens$1$2.50
Output $ / M tokens$3.20$12.50
Results tracked456

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GLM-5: 49.0 (#52), Nova Premier 1.0: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Nova Premier 1.0
SWE-bench Verified72.1%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1434—
SWE-bench Multilingual69.7%—
WeirdML48.2%—
LMArena Coding1461—
ALE-Bench765.62—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5: 31.1 (#71), Nova Premier 1.0: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Nova Premier 1.0
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), Nova Premier 1.0: 23.0 (#185)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Nova Premier 1.0
Kagi LLM Benchmark75%44.8%
ARC-AGI-24.9%—
SimpleBench53.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.8%—
ARC-AGI-144.7%—
Chess Puzzles10%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1452—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.83—
ForecastBench61—

Math GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 46.4 (#71), Nova Premier 1.0: 33.8 (#199)

Knowledge GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 52.3 (#64), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.8 (#180)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Nova Premier 1.0
GPQA Diamond87.8%—
MMLU-Pro—72.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.1%—
GPQA (HELM)—51.8%
LMArena Expert1454—

Multilingual Not comparable

GLM-5: 53.7 (#58), Nova Premier 1.0: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Nova Premier 1.0
LMArena Non-English1430—
LMArena Chinese1511—
LMArena French1455—
LMArena German1445—
LMArena Japanese1416—
LMArena Korean1423—
LMArena Russian1436—
LMArena Spanish1454—

Instruction Following GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 75.2 (#67), Nova Premier 1.0: 66.8 (#204)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Nova Premier 1.0
IFEval—80.3%
LMArena Instruction Following1428—

Long Context Not comparable

GLM-5: 44.7 (#60), Nova Premier 1.0: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Nova Premier 1.0
CL-bench18.7%—
LMArena Longer Query1446—

Writing & Preference GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 66.0 (#38), Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#178)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Nova Premier 1.0
LMArena Text1446—
LMArena Creative Writing1439—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1601—
WildBench—78.8%
LMArena Multi-Turn1456—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5 better than Nova Premier 1.0?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 38.3 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GLM-5 or Nova Premier 1.0?

GLM-5 is cheaper. It lists at $1 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nova Premier 1.0 does, with 1M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and Nova Premier 1.0 share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.

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