# ERNIE 5.1 vs GLM-4.6

> ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/ernie-5-1-vs-glm-4-6
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 7 categories and GLM-4.6 in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 65.3 to 61.3.
- GLM-4.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | ERNIE 5.1 | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Baidu | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 40.9 |
| Rank | 87 | 132 |
| Context | — | 205K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.60 |
| Output $/M | — | $2.20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- ERNIE 5.1: 43.4 (#78)
- GLM-4.6: 39.9 (#137)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | 1449 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1339 |
| SciCode | — | 38.4% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 340.82 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- ERNIE 5.1: —
- GLM-4.6: 32.1 (#60)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 24.5% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 72.4% |
| LMArena Search | 1227 | — |

## Reasoning

- ERNIE 5.1: 20.9 (#209)
- GLM-4.6: 23.1 (#168)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | 1440 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 47.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 23.4% | — |
| CritPt | — | 1.1% |

## Math

- ERNIE 5.1: 37.5 (#96)
- GLM-4.6: 36.4 (#115)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1481 | 1431 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 3.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |

## Knowledge

- ERNIE 5.1: 41.2 (#103)
- GLM-4.6: 39.6 (#118)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1491 | 1432 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.5% |

## Multilingual

- ERNIE 5.1: 55.7 (#28)
- GLM-4.6: 53.6 (#62)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1455 | 1426 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1507 | 1500 |
| LMArena French | 1486 | 1459 |
| LMArena German | 1470 | 1447 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1422 | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | 1428 | 1401 |
| LMArena Russian | 1459 | 1418 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1472 | 1436 |

## Instruction Following

- ERNIE 5.1: 76.9 (#35)
- GLM-4.6: 74.5 (#93)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1460 | 1410 |

## Long Context

- ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#56)
- GLM-4.6: 43.4 (#91)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1462 | 1423 |

## Writing & Preference

- ERNIE 5.1: 65.3 (#50)
- GLM-4.6: 61.3 (#86)

| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1468 | 1440 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1440 | 1411 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1471 | 1427 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1411 |

## FAQ

### Is ERNIE 5.1 better than GLM-4.6?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is ERNIE 5.1 or GLM-4.6 better for coding?

ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 39.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and GLM-4.6 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.6 has 29.