Model comparison

GLM-5 vs Olmo 7b Instruct

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

46.1

Rank #66 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5 scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5 leads 66.0 to 25.8.

Side by side

GLM-5 and Olmo 7b Instruct specifications
GLM-5Olmo 7b Instruct
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index46.130.3
Released2026-02-11—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1—
Output $ / M tokens$3.20—
Results tracked4510

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 49.0 (#52), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding14611016
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), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Olmo 7b 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), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1452993
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), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math14401018
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions65.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202580%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)16.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GLM-5: 52.3 (#64), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Olmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond87.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.1%—
LMArena Expert1454—

Multilingual GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 53.7 (#58), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1430977
LMArena Chinese15111014
LMArena Russian1436947
LMArena French1455—
LMArena German1445—
LMArena Japanese1416—
LMArena Korean1423—
LMArena Spanish1454—

Instruction Following GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 75.2 (#67), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1428978

Long Context Not comparable

GLM-5: 44.7 (#60), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Olmo 7b Instruct
CL-bench18.7%—
LMArena Longer Query1446—

Writing & Preference GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 66.0 (#38), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text14461032
LMArena Creative Writing1439990
LMArena Multi-Turn14561007
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1601—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5 better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5 or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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