Model comparison

GLM-5V-Turbo vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

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

43.8

Rank #84 Confirmed

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct 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 31.1.
  • Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-5V-Turbo and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct specifications
GLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Microsoft
Noometry Index43.829.3
Released2026-04-012024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window200K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.20—
Output $ / M tokens$4—
Results tracked1932

Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry

Category by category

Coding GLM-5V-Turbo leads

GLM-5V-Turbo: 42.1 (#111), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Coding14661101
LMArena WebDev1401—
LiveBench Coding—20.3%

Reasoning GLM-5V-Turbo leads

GLM-5V-Turbo: 29.7 (#89), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14431100
LiveBench Reasoning—15.9%
LiveBench Data Analysis—30.3%
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—79.1%
HellaSwag—77%
LiveBench—24%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math GLM-5V-Turbo leads

GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.4 (#106), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Math14411151
LiveBench Math—17.6%

Knowledge GLM-5V-Turbo leads

GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.6 (#117), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Expert14521067
ARC (AI2) Challenge—90.7%
MMLU—75.7%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—58.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.9 (#42), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Vision1264—
LMArena Document1416—

Multilingual GLM-5V-Turbo leads

GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.0 (#73), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Non-English14201058
LMArena Chinese14881061
LMArena French14441135
LMArena German14231080
LMArena Korean1396894
LMArena Russian14311111
LMArena Spanish14501111
LMArena Japanese—966

Instruction Following GLM-5V-Turbo leads

GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.0 (#80), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14231087
LiveBench Instruction Following—47.2%

Long Context GLM-5V-Turbo leads

GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#80), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14381088

Writing & Preference GLM-5V-Turbo leads

GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.5 (#73), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5V-TurboPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Text14371110
LMArena Creative Writing14161083
LMArena Multi-Turn14321068
LiveBench Language—12.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5V-Turbo better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5V-Turbo or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5V-Turbo and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5V-Turbo has 19 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

Related comparisons

Go deeper