Model comparison

GLM-5V-Turbo vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5V-Turbo Z.ai (Zhipu)

43.1

Rank #86 Confirmed

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

32.4

Rank #246 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5V-Turbo leads 62.6 to 34.3.
  • Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-5V-Turbo and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct specifications
GLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Microsoft
Noometry Index43.132.4
Released2026-04-01—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window200K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.20—
Output $ / M tokens$4—
Results tracked1917

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5V-Turbo leads

GLM-5V-Turbo: 41.8 (#105), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.3 (#263)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding14671130
LMArena WebDev1400—

Reasoning GLM-5V-Turbo leads

GLM-5V-Turbo: 28.5 (#87), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 20.8 (#214)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14431127

Math GLM-5V-Turbo leads

GLM-5V-Turbo: 36.6 (#109), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.9 (#202)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Math14401173

Knowledge GLM-5V-Turbo leads

GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.9 (#113), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 29.6 (#226)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert14511108

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.1 (#41), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Vision1264—
LMArena Document1416—

Multilingual GLM-5V-Turbo leads

GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.2 (#69), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.8 (#258)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English14201094
LMArena Chinese14881108
LMArena French14431109
LMArena German14221101
LMArena Korean1399954
LMArena Russian14321145
LMArena Spanish14461095
LMArena Japanese—1042

Instruction Following GLM-5V-Turbo leads

GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.1 (#75), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.8 (#263)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14221114

Long Context GLM-5V-Turbo leads

GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#76), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.9 (#250)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14391120

Writing & Preference GLM-5V-Turbo leads

GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.6 (#69), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.3 (#267)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text14371138
LMArena Creative Writing14141106
LMArena Multi-Turn14321088

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5V-Turbo better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5V-Turbo or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?

GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5V-Turbo and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5V-Turbo has 19 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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