Model comparison

GLM-5 vs Palm 2

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

46.1

Rank #66 Confirmed

Palm 2 Google

30.0

Rank #298 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5 scores higher in 7 categories and Palm 2 in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5 leads 66.0 to 25.6.
  • GLM-5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-5 and Palm 2 specifications
GLM-5Palm 2
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Google
Noometry Index46.130.0
Released2026-02-11—
WeightsOpenProprietary
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), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Palm 2
LMArena Coding1461994
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), Palm 2: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Palm 2
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), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Palm 2
LMArena Hard Prompts14521005
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), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

Knowledge Not comparable

GLM-5: 52.3 (#64), Palm 2: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Palm 2
GPQA Diamond87.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.1%—
LMArena Expert1454—

Multilingual GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 53.7 (#58), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Palm 2
LMArena Non-English1430916
LMArena Chinese1511887
LMArena French1455—
LMArena German1445—
LMArena Japanese1416—
LMArena Korean1423—
LMArena Russian1436—
LMArena Spanish1454—

Instruction Following GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 75.2 (#67), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Palm 2
LMArena Instruction Following14281010

Long Context GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 44.7 (#60), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Palm 2
LMArena Longer Query14461010
CL-bench18.7%—

Writing & Preference GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 66.0 (#38), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Palm 2
LMArena Text14461027
LMArena Creative Writing1439991
LMArena Multi-Turn1456994
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1601—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5 better than Palm 2?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5 or Palm 2 better for coding?

GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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