Phi-4 vs GLM-4.5

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Phi-4 finishes one point ahead overall, 39 to 38. That is enough to call, but not enough to treat as a blowout. This matchup comes down to a few meaningful edges rather than one model dominating the board.

Phi-4's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 82.6 against 20. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 82.6 to 29.

GLM-4.5 gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 16K for Phi-4.

Quick Verdict

Pick Phi-4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-4.5 only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 128K context window.

Knowledge

Phi-4

Phi-4

70.5

GLM-4.5

32.2

84.8
MMLU
37
56.1
GPQA
36
-
SuperGPQA
34
-
OpenBookQA
32
-
MMLU-Pro
51
-
HLE
3

Coding

Phi-4

Phi-4

82.6

GLM-4.5

20

82.6
HumanEval
29
-
SWE-bench Verified
18
-
LiveCodeBench
13

Mathematics

GLM-4.5
-
AIME 2023
37
-
AIME 2024
39
-
AIME 2025
38
-
HMMT Feb 2023
33
-
HMMT Feb 2024
35
-
HMMT Feb 2025
34
-
BRUMO 2025
36
-
MATH-500
57

Reasoning

GLM-4.5
-
SimpleQA
35
-
MuSR
33
-
BBH
61

Instruction Following

GLM-4.5
-
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Phi-4

Phi-4

80.6

GLM-4.5

60

80.6
MGSM
60

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Phi-4 or GLM-4.5?

Phi-4 is ahead overall, 39 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 82.6 and 29.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Phi-4 or GLM-4.5?

Phi-4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.5 versus 32.2. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Phi-4 or GLM-4.5?

Phi-4 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.6 versus 20. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Phi-4 or GLM-4.5?

Phi-4 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.6 versus 60. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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