Model comparison

GLM-5 vs Wizardlm 70b

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

46.1

Rank #66 Confirmed

Wizardlm 70b Microsoft

33.0

Rank #249 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5 scores higher in 7 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5 leads 66.0 to 34.8.

Side by side

GLM-5 and Wizardlm 70b specifications
GLM-5Wizardlm 70b
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Microsoft
Noometry Index46.133.0
Released2026-02-11—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1—
Output $ / M tokens$3.20—
Results tracked4512

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 49.0 (#52), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Coding14611081
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), Wizardlm 70b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Wizardlm 70b
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), Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Hard Prompts14521079
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), Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)

Knowledge Not comparable

GLM-5: 52.3 (#64), Wizardlm 70b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Wizardlm 70b
GPQA Diamond87.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.1%—
LMArena Expert1454—

Multilingual GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 53.7 (#58), Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Non-English14301078
LMArena Chinese15111052
LMArena German14451083
LMArena Russian14361155
LMArena French1455—
LMArena Japanese1416—
LMArena Korean1423—
LMArena Spanish1454—

Instruction Following GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 75.2 (#67), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Instruction Following14281093

Long Context GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 44.7 (#60), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Longer Query14461097
CL-bench18.7%—

Writing & Preference GLM-5 leads

GLM-5: 66.0 (#38), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Text14461120
LMArena Creative Writing14391149
LMArena Multi-Turn14561108
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1601—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5 better than Wizardlm 70b?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5 or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.

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