Model comparison
GLM-5V-Turbo vs Granite 4.0 Micro
GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 47× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5V-Turbo's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5V-Turbo leads 39.9 to 9.9.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $4 for GLM-5V-Turbo.
- GLM-5V-Turbo accepts more context: 200K tokens versus 131K.
- Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.0 Micro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 28.8 |
| Released | 2026-04-01 | 2025-10-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 200K | 131K |
| Max output | 131K | 118K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $0.017 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4 | $0.11 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 8 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo: 41.8 (#105), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1400 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1467 | — |
Reasoning GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 28.5 (#87), Granite 4.0 Micro: 18.5 (#261)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | — |
Math GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 36.6 (#109), Granite 4.0 Micro: 11.2 (#301)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.8% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1440 | — |
Knowledge GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.9 (#113), Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#299)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 28.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 39.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1451 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.1 (#41), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1264 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1416 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.2 (#69), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1488 | — |
| LMArena French | 1443 | — |
| LMArena German | 1422 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1399 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1432 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1446 | — |
Instruction Following GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.1 (#75), Granite 4.0 Micro: 70.0 (#164)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 84.9% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1422 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#76), Granite 4.0 Micro: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1439 | — |
Writing & Preference GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.6 (#69), Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#212)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1414 | — |
| WildBench | — | 67% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1432 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-5V-Turbo better than Granite 4.0 Micro?
GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 47× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5V-Turbo's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, GLM-5V-Turbo or Granite 4.0 Micro?
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; GLM-5V-Turbo lists at $1.20 and $4.
Which has the bigger context window?
GLM-5V-Turbo does, with 200K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-5V-Turbo and Granite 4.0 Micro share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5V-Turbo has 19 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.