Model comparison
GLM-4.6V vs Grok 4.1
GLM-4.6V and Grok 4.1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.3 vs 41.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6V scores higher in 1 category and Grok 4.1 in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where GLM-4.6V leads 40.9 to 33.7.
- GLM-4.6V has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GLM-4.6V | Grok 4.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 41.3 | 41.5 |
| Released | 2025-12-08 | 2025-11-17 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 33K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.90 | — |
| Results tracked | 12 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-4.6V leads
GLM-4.6V: 40.9 (#128), Grok 4.1: 33.7 (#253)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1390 | 1445 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1214 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GLM-4.6V: —, Grok 4.1: 34.1 (#49)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 39% |
Reasoning Grok 4.1 leads
GLM-4.6V: 27.6 (#115), Grok 4.1: 29.5 (#91)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1368 | 1435 |
Math Not comparable
GLM-4.6V: —, Grok 4.1: 38.9 (#120)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1422 |
Knowledge Grok 4.1 leads
GLM-4.6V: 38.0 (#149), Grok 4.1: 39.5 (#133)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1371 | 1417 |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-4.6V: 34.8 (#90), Grok 4.1: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | — |
Multilingual Grok 4.1 leads
GLM-4.6V: 48.6 (#141), Grok 4.1: 53.4 (#68)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1359 | 1425 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1425 | 1465 |
| LMArena Russian | 1340 | 1434 |
| LMArena French | — | 1448 |
| LMArena German | — | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1407 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1438 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.1 leads
GLM-4.6V: 71.4 (#151), Grok 4.1: 73.8 (#111)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1352 | 1400 |
Long Context Grok 4.1 leads
GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#143), Grok 4.1: 43.2 (#100)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1358 | 1416 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.1 leads
GLM-4.6V: 56.6 (#137), Grok 4.1: 62.4 (#75)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1377 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1347 | 1411 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1360 | 1437 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.6V better than Grok 4.1?
GLM-4.6V and Grok 4.1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.3 vs 41.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is GLM-4.6V or Grok 4.1 better for coding?
GLM-4.6V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.9 versus 33.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6V and Grok 4.1 share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6V has 12 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.1 has 19.