Model comparison

GLM-5 vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

46.1

Rank #66 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Microsoft

27.9

Rank #328 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5 scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5 leads 66.0 to 27.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 10% for GLM-5 and 0% for Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct.

Side by side

GLM-5 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct specifications
GLM-5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Microsoft
Noometry Index46.127.9
Released2026-02-112024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1—
Output $ / M tokens$3.20—
Results tracked4535

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 49.0 (#52), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding14611093
SWE-bench Verified72.1%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
LMArena WebDev1434—
SWE-bench Multilingual69.7%—
WeirdML48.2%—
LiveBench Coding—15.5%
ALE-Bench765.62—
HumanEval+—59.1%
MBPP+—54.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5: 31.1 (#71), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Phi 3 Mini 4k 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), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
Chess Puzzles10%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14521072
ARC-AGI-24.9%—
SimpleBench53.2%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark75%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.8%—
ARC-AGI-144.7%—
LiveBench Reasoning—26.8%
LiveBench Data Analysis—34.7%
Adversarial NLI—52.8%
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index145.83—
ForecastBench61—
HellaSwag—76.7%
LiveBench—22.4%
WinoGrande—70.8%

Math GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 46.4 (#71), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Math14401111
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions65.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202580%—
LiveBench Math—15.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)16.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 52.3 (#64), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert14541045
GPQA Diamond87.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.1%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.9%
MMLU—68.8%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—64%

Multilingual GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 53.7 (#58), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English14301021
LMArena Chinese15111021
LMArena French14551076
LMArena German14451044
LMArena Japanese1416935
LMArena Korean1423905
LMArena Russian14361022
LMArena Spanish14541085

Instruction Following GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 75.2 (#67), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14281053
LiveBench Instruction Following—39.1%

Long Context GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 44.7 (#60), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14461044
CL-bench18.7%—

Writing & Preference GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 66.0 (#38), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Text14461073
LMArena Creative Writing14391037
LMArena Multi-Turn14561018
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1601—
LiveBench Language—9.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5 better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5 or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?

GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.

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