Model comparison
GLM-4.6V vs Grok 4 Fast
GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6V scores higher in 3 categories and Grok 4 Fast in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where Grok 4 Fast leads 63.2 to 41.3.
- GLM-4.6V has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GLM-4.6V | Grok 4 Fast | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 41.3 | 39.4 |
| Released | 2025-12-08 | 2025-09-19 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 33K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.90 | — |
| Results tracked | 12 | 30 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-4.6V leads
GLM-4.6V: 40.9 (#128), Grok 4 Fast: 32.5 (#271)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1390 | 1429 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1159 |
| WeirdML | — | 42.9% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GLM-4.6V: —, Grok 4 Fast: 29.5 (#86)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 15.7% |
| Cybench | — | 30% |
| LMArena Search | — | 1171 |
Reasoning GLM-4.6V leads
GLM-4.6V: 27.6 (#115), Grok 4 Fast: 22.2 (#201)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1368 | 1412 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 5.3% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 66.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 48.5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 144.2 |
| ForecastBench | — | 60.5 |
Math Not comparable
GLM-4.6V: —, Grok 4 Fast: 38.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1419 |
Knowledge GLM-4.6V leads
GLM-4.6V: 38.0 (#149), Grok 4 Fast: 32.0 (#214)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1371 | 1411 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 19.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-4.6V: 34.8 (#90), Grok 4 Fast: —
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1164 | — |
Multilingual Grok 4 Fast leads
GLM-4.6V: 48.6 (#141), Grok 4 Fast: 51.3 (#111)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1359 | 1396 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1425 | 1457 |
| LMArena Russian | 1340 | 1389 |
| LMArena French | — | 1431 |
| LMArena German | — | 1383 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1352 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1357 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1415 |
Instruction Following Grok 4 Fast leads
GLM-4.6V: 71.4 (#151), Grok 4 Fast: 73.2 (#121)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1352 | 1387 |
Long Context Grok 4 Fast leads
GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#143), Grok 4 Fast: 63.2 (#3)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1358 | 1415 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 94.4% |
Writing & Preference Grok 4 Fast leads
GLM-4.6V: 56.6 (#137), Grok 4 Fast: 60.0 (#102)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.6V | Grok 4 Fast |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1377 | 1407 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1347 | 1387 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1360 | 1414 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.6V better than Grok 4 Fast?
GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is GLM-4.6V or Grok 4 Fast better for coding?
GLM-4.6V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.9 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6V and Grok 4 Fast share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6V has 12 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4 Fast has 30.