Grok 4.6vsGLM-5
Grok 4.6 | GLM-5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 744B |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | — | 28% |
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. | — | 77.8% |
Multilingual coding SWE-Bench MultilingualLike SWE-Bench, but the coding problems span many programming languages, not just one. Tests how broadly the AI can code. Higher is better. | — | 73.3% |
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% | — |
Agentic terminal coding Terminal-Bench 2.0Can the AI work in a command-line terminal — running commands and finishing technical setup tasks the way a developer would? (Version 2.0 of the test.) Higher is better. | — | 56.2% |
Expert agentic work APEX-Agentsexpert-level agentic work tasks (AI Productivity Index) | 57.5% | — |
Web browsing BrowseCompCan the AI browse the web and track down hard-to-find answers? Higher is better. | — | 75.9% |
Multidisciplinary reasoning Humanity's Last Exam · with toolsHumanity's Last Exam — extremely hard expert questions across many subjects. “With tools” means the AI is allowed to search the web or run code while answering. Higher is better. | — | 50.4% |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | — | 86% |
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 | — |
Community preference (code) Arena Elo (Code)Like the text arena, but people vote on which AI writes better code. The votes become a chess-style Elo rating on arena.ai. Higher is better. | — | 1435 |
| Overview | ||
| Company | SpaceXAI | Z.ai |
| Release date | Aug 12 2026 | Feb 12 2026 |
| Access | Proprietary | Open Weight |
Which is better: Grok 4.6 or GLM-5?
Grok 4.6 and GLM-5 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. GLM-5 shipped 181 days before Grok 4.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Grok 4.6 is proprietary, while GLM-5 is open weight.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Grok 4.6 and GLM-5 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-5 was released by Z.ai on Feb 12 2026.
Grok 4.6 is a proprietary model released by SpaceXAI. GLM-5 is an open weight model released by Z.ai.