Model comparison
GLM-4.6 vs Grok 4.1
GLM-4.6 and Grok 4.1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.4 vs 41.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6 scores higher in 6 categories and Grok 4.1 in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where GLM-4.6 leads 40.1 to 33.7.
- GLM-4.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GLM-4.6 | Grok 4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 41.4 | 41.5 |
| Released | 2025-09-30 | 2025-11-17 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 205K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.60 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 29 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-4.6 leads
GLM-4.6: 40.1 (#148), Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1340 | 1214 |
| LMArena Coding | 1449 | 1445 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 55.4% | — |
| SciCode | 38.4% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 340.82 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4.1 leads
GLM-4.6: 32.3 (#66), Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 24.5% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 72.4% | — |
| Cybench | — | 39% |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
GLM-4.6: 23.7 (#172), Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1440 | 1435 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 47.4% | — |
| CritPt | 1.1% | — |
Math Too close to call
GLM-4.6: 39.1 (#111), Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1432 | 1422 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 3.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
GLM-4.6: 40.2 (#124), Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1431 | 1417 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.5% | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
GLM-4.6: 53.5 (#66), Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1426 | 1425 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1499 | 1465 |
| LMArena French | 1459 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1447 | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1393 | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | 1400 | 1407 |
| LMArena Russian | 1419 | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1436 | 1438 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
GLM-4.6: 74.3 (#98), Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1410 | 1400 |
Long Context Too close to call
GLM-4.6: 43.4 (#94), Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1422 | 1416 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads
GLM-4.6: 61.1 (#90), Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1440 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | 1411 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1427 | 1437 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1411 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.6 better than Grok 4.1?
GLM-4.6 and Grok 4.1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.4 vs 41.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is GLM-4.6 or Grok 4.1 better for coding?
GLM-4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 33.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6 and Grok 4.1 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6 has 29 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.