Model comparison

GLM-4.5V vs Granite 4.0 H Small

GLM-4.5V is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5V Z.ai (Zhipu)

39.8

Rank #158 Confirmed

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

36.5

Rank #214 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5V scores higher in 8 categories and Granite 4.0 H Small in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.5V leads 52.5 to 43.8.

Side by side

GLM-4.5V and Granite 4.0 H Small specifications
GLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)IBM
Noometry Index39.836.5
Released2025-08-11—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window64K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$1.80—
Results tracked1519

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5V leads

GLM-4.5V: 39.5 (#155), Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Coding13471249

Reasoning GLM-4.5V leads

GLM-4.5V: 27.4 (#119), Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Hard Prompts13341240
Kagi LLM Benchmark59.8%—

Math GLM-4.5V leads

GLM-4.5V: 37.4 (#159), Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Math13541247
Omni-MATH—29.6%

Knowledge GLM-4.5V leads

GLM-4.5V: 37.5 (#156), Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Expert13531251
MMLU-Pro—56.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.2%
GPQA (HELM)—38.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.5V: 34.3 (#92), Granite 4.0 H Small: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Vision1154—

Multilingual GLM-4.5V leads

GLM-4.5V: 44.6 (#177), Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Non-English13031216
LMArena Chinese13371249
LMArena Russian12981201
LMArena Spanish13361258

Instruction Following Too close to call

GLM-4.5V: 69.2 (#175), Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Instruction Following13111222
IFEval—89%

Long Context GLM-4.5V leads

GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#171), Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Longer Query13041242

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5V leads

GLM-4.5V: 52.5 (#170), Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Text13331241
LMArena Creative Writing12951211
LMArena Multi-Turn13321242
WildBench—73.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5V better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

GLM-4.5V is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.5V or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

GLM-4.5V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 36.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5V and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5V has 15 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.

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