# GLM-5 vs Granite 4.0 Micro

> GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.9 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 38× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/glm-5-vs-granite-4-0-micro
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 3

## Summary

- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5 scores higher in 5 categories and Granite 4.0 Micro in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5 leads 52.2 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 80% for GLM-5 and 2.8% for Granite 4.0 Micro.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $3.20 for GLM-5.
- GLM-5 accepts more context: 205K tokens versus 131K.

## Snapshot

| | GLM-5 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 45.9 | 28.8 |
| Rank | 59 | 312 |
| Context | 205K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $1 | $0.017 |
| Output $/M | $3.20 | $0.11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- GLM-5: 49.0 (#47)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: —

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 72.1% | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 72.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1434 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 69.7% | — |
| WeirdML | 48.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 765.62 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GLM-5: 30.9 (#65)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: —

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 52.4% | — |
| τ²-bench Airline | 82.5% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 9.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Retail | 73.7% | — |
| τ²-bench Telecom | 86.8% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 4,432 | — |

## Reasoning

- GLM-5: 27.6 (#100)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 18.5 (#261)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 10% | 0% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | — |
| SimpleBench | 53.2% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 75% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 74.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 44.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1451 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.84 | — |
| ForecastBench | 61 | — |

## Math

- GLM-5: 44.8 (#66)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 11.2 (#301)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 80% | 2.8% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 65.7% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1440 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 16.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | — |

## Knowledge

- GLM-5: 52.2 (#59)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#299)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.8% | 28.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 39.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1454 | — |

## Multilingual

- GLM-5: 53.9 (#57)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: —

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1430 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | — |
| LMArena French | 1455 | — |
| LMArena German | 1445 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1416 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1421 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1436 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1452 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GLM-5: 75.4 (#64)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 70.0 (#164)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 84.9% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1427 | — |

## Long Context

- GLM-5: 44.6 (#58)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: —

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 18.7% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1446 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GLM-5: 66.2 (#38)
- Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#212)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Granite 4.0 Micro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1446 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1438 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1601 | — |
| WildBench | — | 67% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | — |

## FAQ

### Is GLM-5 better than Granite 4.0 Micro?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.9 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 38× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, GLM-5 or Granite 4.0 Micro?

Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; GLM-5 lists at $1 and $3.20.

### Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-5 does, with 205K tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and Granite 4.0 Micro share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 Micro has 8.