Noometry

Model comparison

GLM-4.6 vs Nova 2 Lite

GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 39.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.6 Z.ai (Zhipu)

40.9

Rank #132 Confirmed

Nova 2 Lite Amazon

39.0

Rank #161 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6 scores higher in 6 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where GLM-4.6 leads 32.1 to 23.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard: 72.4% for GLM-4.6 and 27.1% for Nova 2 Lite.
  • Nova 2 Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.20 for GLM-4.6.
  • Nova 2 Lite accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.
  • GLM-4.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.6Nova 2 Lite
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Amazon
Noometry Index40.939.0
Released2025-09-302025-12-01
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window205K1M
Max output131K64K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$2.50
Results tracked2919

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

GLM-4.6: 39.9 (#137), Nova 2 Lite: 40.1 (#131)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Coding14491386
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)55.4%—
LMArena WebDev1339—
SciCode38.4%—
ALE-Bench340.82—

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 32.1 (#60), Nova 2 Lite: 23.9 (#114)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6Nova 2 Lite
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard72.4%27.1%
Terminal-Bench24.5%—

Reasoning Nova 2 Lite leads

GLM-4.6: 23.1 (#168), Nova 2 Lite: 26.4 (#120)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Hard Prompts14401364
Kagi LLM Benchmark47.4%—
CritPt1.1%—

Math GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 36.4 (#115), Nova 2 Lite: 34.8 (#154)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Math14311359
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)3.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge Nova 2 Lite leads

GLM-4.6: 39.6 (#118), Nova 2 Lite: 42.5 (#88)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6Nova 2 Lite
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.5%5.1%
LMArena Expert14321360

Multilingual GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 53.6 (#62), Nova 2 Lite: 47.3 (#148)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Non-English14261337
LMArena Chinese15001364
LMArena French14591381
LMArena German14471343
LMArena Japanese13941273
LMArena Korean14011284
LMArena Russian14181343
LMArena Spanish14361372

Instruction Following GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 74.5 (#93), Nova 2 Lite: 70.7 (#156)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Instruction Following14101335

Long Context GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 43.4 (#91), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#145)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Longer Query14231335

Writing & Preference GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 61.3 (#86), Nova 2 Lite: 54.1 (#150)

BenchmarkGLM-4.6Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Text14401362
LMArena Creative Writing14111291
LMArena Multi-Turn14271338
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1411—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.6 better than Nova 2 Lite?

GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 39.0 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.6 or Nova 2 Lite?

Nova 2 Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; GLM-4.6 lists at $0.60 and $2.20.

Is GLM-4.6 or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (39.9 vs 40.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nova 2 Lite does, with 1M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6 and Nova 2 Lite share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6 has 29 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.

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