Model comparison

GLM-4.5V vs Grok 4.6

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5V costs 3.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.6's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5V Z.ai (Zhipu)

39.8

Rank #158 Confirmed

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.9

Rank #21 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5V scores higher in 0 categories and Grok 4.6 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.4 to 27.4.
  • GLM-4.5V is cheaper at $0.60 / $1.80 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Grok 4.6.
  • Grok 4.6 accepts more context: 500K tokens versus 64K.
  • GLM-4.5V has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.5V and Grok 4.6 specifications
GLM-4.5VGrok 4.6
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)xAI
Noometry Index39.856.9
Released2025-08-112026-08-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window64K500K
Max output16K500K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$2
Output $ / M tokens$1.80$6
Results tracked1549

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 39.5 (#155), Grok 4.6: 58.5 (#16)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGrok 4.6
LMArena Coding13471465
DeepSWE—67.5%
FrontierCode—48%
CursorBench—41.4%
LMArena WebDev—1617
FrontierSWE—25.3%
SciCode—56.5%
WeirdML—67.3%
ALE-Bench—1,508

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.5V: —, Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#27)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGrok 4.6
APEX-Agents—65.3%
GDP.pdf—17.2%
Vending-Bench 2—9,047

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 27.4 (#119), Grok 4.6: 61.4 (#20)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGrok 4.6
LMArena Hard Prompts13341447
ARC-AGI-2—67.1%
SimpleBench—75.9%
Kagi LLM Benchmark59.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)—80%
ARC-AGI-1—87.5%
CritPt—19.7%
Chess Puzzles—40%
EBR-Bench—30.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—34%
DTBench—97.3%
LMCA—48.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—156.44

Math Grok 4.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 37.4 (#159), Grok 4.6: 67.0 (#24)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGrok 4.6
LMArena Math13541423
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—66%
FrontierMath Tier 4—31.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—99.2%
ProofBench—51%

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 37.5 (#156), Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#20)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGrok 4.6
LMArena Expert13531467
GPQA Diamond—94%
SimpleQA Verified—49.3%

Multimodal Grok 4.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 34.3 (#92), Grok 4.6: 43.6 (#23)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGrok 4.6
LMArena Vision11541263
Blueprint-Bench 2—33.2%
Furniture Assembly—40%
LMArena Document—1452

Multilingual Grok 4.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 44.6 (#177), Grok 4.6: 53.0 (#74)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGrok 4.6
LMArena Non-English13031420
LMArena Chinese13371480
LMArena Russian12981422
LMArena Spanish13361404
LMArena French—1461
LMArena German—1431
LMArena Japanese—1376
LMArena Korean—1397

Instruction Following Grok 4.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 69.2 (#175), Grok 4.6: 75.4 (#63)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGrok 4.6
LMArena Instruction Following13111431

Long Context Grok 4.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#171), Grok 4.6: 44.5 (#66)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGrok 4.6
LMArena Longer Query13041454

Writing & Preference Grok 4.6 leads

GLM-4.5V: 52.5 (#170), Grok 4.6: 62.3 (#80)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGrok 4.6
LMArena Text13331428
LMArena Creative Writing12951428
LMArena Multi-Turn13321425

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5V better than Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.9 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5V costs 3.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Grok 4.6's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5V or Grok 4.6?

GLM-4.5V is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $1.80 per million output tokens; Grok 4.6 lists at $2 and $6.

Is GLM-4.5V or Grok 4.6 better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.5 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.6 does, with 500K tokens against 64K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5V and Grok 4.6 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5V has 15 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.6 has 49.

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