Model comparison
GLM-4.5-Air vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
GLM-4.5-Air is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5-Air scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.5-Air leads 56.1 to 27.3.
Side by side
| GLM-4.5-Air | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 38.7 | 29.1 |
| Released | 2025-07-20 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 98K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.20 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.10 | — |
| Results tracked | 27 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-4.5-Air leads
GLM-4.5-Air: 34.5 (#225), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.3 (#307)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5-Air | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1397 | 1040 |
| GSO | 2.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |
Reasoning GLM-4.5-Air leads
GLM-4.5-Air: 23.3 (#166), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 18.7 (#254)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5-Air | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1379 | 1028 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 43% | — |
| ForecastBench | 59.2 | — |
Math GLM-4.5-Air leads
GLM-4.5-Air: 33.8 (#166), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 29.2 (#220)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5-Air | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1396 | 1089 |
| Omni-MATH | 39.1% | — |
Knowledge GLM-4.5-Air leads
GLM-4.5-Air: 34.6 (#184), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.3 (#251)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5-Air | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1370 | 984 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 8.1% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 76.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 59.4% | — |
Multilingual GLM-4.5-Air leads
GLM-4.5-Air: 49.4 (#130), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.4 (#280)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5-Air | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1366 | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1427 | 1016 |
| LMArena French | 1399 | 1038 |
| LMArena German | 1376 | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1348 | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | 1306 | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | 1373 | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1385 | 1058 |
Instruction Following GLM-4.5-Air leads
GLM-4.5-Air: 69.8 (#165), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 52.1 (#289)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5-Air | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1353 | 1023 |
| IFEval | 81.2% | — |
Long Context GLM-4.5-Air leads
GLM-4.5-Air: 41.6 (#130), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.3 (#284)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5-Air | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1367 | 996 |
Writing & Preference GLM-4.5-Air leads
GLM-4.5-Air: 56.1 (#134), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.3 (#296)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5-Air | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1384 | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1343 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1371 | 989 |
| WildBench | 78.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.5-Air better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?
GLM-4.5-Air is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is GLM-4.5-Air or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?
GLM-4.5-Air scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.5 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5-Air and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5-Air has 27 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.