Model comparison
GLM-5V-Turbo vs Granite 4.1 8b
GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher in 8 categories and Granite 4.1 8b in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5V-Turbo leads 62.5 to 48.1.
- Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.1 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 37.4 |
| Released | 2026-04-01 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 200K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4 | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 42.1 (#111), Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1401 | 1192 |
| LMArena Coding | 1466 | 1312 |
Reasoning GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 29.7 (#89), Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | 1293 |
Math GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.4 (#106), Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1441 | 1312 |
Knowledge GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.6 (#117), Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1452 | 1309 |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.9 (#42), Granite 4.1 8b: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1264 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1416 | — |
Multilingual GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.0 (#73), Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 1261 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1488 | 1337 |
| LMArena Russian | 1431 | 1240 |
| LMArena French | 1444 | — |
| LMArena German | 1423 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1396 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1450 | — |
Instruction Following GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.0 (#80), Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1423 | 1269 |
Long Context GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#80), Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1438 | 1275 |
Writing & Preference GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.5 (#73), Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1290 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1416 | 1251 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1432 | 1268 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-5V-Turbo better than Granite 4.1 8b?
GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is GLM-5V-Turbo or Granite 4.1 8b better for coding?
GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GLM-5V-Turbo and Granite 4.1 8b share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5V-Turbo has 19 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.1 8b has 13.