Grok 4.6vsGLM-4-9B
Grok 4.6 | GLM-4-9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 9B |
| Benchmarks | ||
Agentic coding CursorBench v3.2Cursor's own test of harder, real-world coding tasks inside a code editor, on the refreshed v3.2 task set. Scores aren't comparable with v3.1. Higher is better. | 69.9% | — |
Agentic coding DeepSWE 1.1Artificial Analysis' independent test of deep, agentic software-engineering work — the AI has to plan and carry out substantial coding tasks end to end. (Version 1.1 of the test.) Higher is better. | 65.9% | — |
Agentic coding FrontierCode v1.1 (Extended) · extended splitfrontier-difficulty agentic coding tasks (v1.1, extended split) | 61.3% | — |
Expert software engineering APEX-SWEexpert-level software-engineering tasks (AI Productivity Index) | 56.4% | — |
Agentic terminal coding Terminal-Bench 3.0command-line task completion (v3.0, much harder task set) | 26% | — |
Expert agentic work APEX-Agentsexpert-level agentic work tasks (AI Productivity Index) | 57.5% | — |
Agentic legal work Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkHarvey's test of whether an AI agent can complete real legal work — drafting and reviewing documents, working with spreadsheets and presentations, and navigating files the way a lawyer's assistant would. Higher is better. | 15.8% | — |
Overall intelligence AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis composite intelligence index across evals | 61 | — |
Knowledge work GDPval-AA v2economically valuable knowledge work (v2, re-based Elo) | 1753 | — |
Knowledge work AA-BriefcaseArtificial Analysis agentic office-work eval (Elo) | 1577 | — |
| Overview | ||
| Company | SpaceXAI | Z.ai |
| Release date | Aug 12 2026 | Jun 5 2024 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
Which is better: Grok 4.6 or GLM-4-9B?
Grok 4.6 and GLM-4-9B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. GLM-4-9B shipped 798 days before Grok 4.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Grok 4.6 is proprietary, while GLM-4-9B is open weight.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Grok 4.6 and GLM-4-9B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Grok 4.6 was released by SpaceXAI on Aug 12 2026.
GLM-4-9B was released by Z.ai on Jun 5 2024.
Grok 4.6 is a proprietary model released by SpaceXAI. GLM-4-9B is an open weight model released by Z.ai.
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