# GLM-4.5V vs Mercury

> GLM-4.5V is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/glm-4-5v-vs-mercury
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 9

## Summary

- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5V scores higher in 6 categories and Mercury in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-4.5V leads 27.4 to 17.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 59.8% for GLM-4.5V and 21.6% for Mercury.
- GLM-4.5V has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GLM-4.5V | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Inception |
| Noometry Index | 39.8 | 37.6 |
| Rank | 158 | 199 |
| Context | 64K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.60 | — |
| Output $/M | $1.80 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- GLM-4.5V: 39.5 (#155)
- Mercury: 38.7 (#170)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1347 | 1322 |

## Reasoning

- GLM-4.5V: 27.4 (#119)
- Mercury: 17.5 (#293)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 59.8% | 21.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1334 | 1285 |

## Math

- GLM-4.5V: 37.4 (#159)
- Mercury: —

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1354 | — |

## Knowledge

- GLM-4.5V: 37.5 (#156)
- Mercury: —

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1353 | — |

## Multimodal

- GLM-4.5V: 34.3 (#92)
- Mercury: —

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1154 | — |

## Multilingual

- GLM-4.5V: 44.6 (#177)
- Mercury: 41.6 (#206)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1303 | 1260 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1337 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1298 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1336 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GLM-4.5V: 69.2 (#175)
- Mercury: 65.2 (#224)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1311 | 1239 |

## Long Context

- GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#171)
- Mercury: 38.4 (#198)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1304 | 1266 |

## Writing & Preference

- GLM-4.5V: 52.5 (#170)
- Mercury: 46.2 (#221)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.5V | Mercury |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1333 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1295 | 1191 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1332 | 1282 |

## FAQ

### Is GLM-4.5V better than Mercury?

GLM-4.5V is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

### Is GLM-4.5V or Mercury better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (39.5 vs 38.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5V and Mercury share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5V has 15 scored results on Noometry and Mercury has 9.