Bard vs GLM-4.6
Google Bard | Z.ai GLM-4.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Z.ai | |
| Release date | Mar 21 2023 | Sep 30 2025 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 355B |
Context window | — | 200k |
| Benchmarks | ||
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | — | 68% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Bard shipped 924 days before GLM-4.6 | |
Which is better: Bard or GLM-4.6?
Bard and GLM-4.6 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Bard shipped 924 days before GLM-4.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Bard is proprietary, while GLM-4.6 is open weight.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Bard and GLM-4.6 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Bard was released by Google on Mar 21 2023.
GLM-4.6 was released by Z.ai on Sep 30 2025.
Bard is a proprietary model released by Google. GLM-4.6 is an open weight model released by Z.ai.