Model comparison

GLM-4.6 vs Molmo 2 8b

GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.6 Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.4

Rank #135 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6 scores higher in 3 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.6 leads 61.1 to 49.4.

Side by side

GLM-4.6 and Molmo 2 8b specifications
GLM-4.6Molmo 2 8b
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index41.439.1
Released2025-09-30—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked295

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GLM-4.6: 40.1 (#148), Molmo 2 8b: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Molmo 2 8b
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)55.4%—
LMArena WebDev1340—
SciCode38.4%—
LMArena Coding1449—
ALE-Bench340.82—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.6: 32.3 (#66), Molmo 2 8b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Molmo 2 8b
Terminal-Bench24.5%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard72.4%—

Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads

GLM-4.6: 23.7 (#172), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Hard Prompts14401287
Kagi LLM Benchmark47.4%—
CritPt1.1%—

Math Not comparable

GLM-4.6: 39.1 (#111), Molmo 2 8b: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Math1432—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)3.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GLM-4.6: 40.2 (#124), Molmo 2 8b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Molmo 2 8b
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.5%—
LMArena Expert1431—

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.6: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Vision—1081

Multilingual GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 53.5 (#66), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Non-English14261276
LMArena Chinese1499—
LMArena French1459—
LMArena German1447—
LMArena Japanese1393—
LMArena Korean1400—
LMArena Russian1419—
LMArena Spanish1436—

Instruction Following GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 74.3 (#98), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Instruction Following14101270

Long Context Not comparable

GLM-4.6: 43.4 (#94), Molmo 2 8b: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Longer Query1422—

Writing & Preference GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 61.1 (#90), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Molmo 2 8b
LMArena Text14401288
LMArena Creative Writing1411—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1411—
LMArena Multi-Turn1427—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.6 better than Molmo 2 8b?

GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6 and Molmo 2 8b share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6 has 29 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.

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