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Model comparison

GLM-5 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 11 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

Z.AI
66.06/100
Margin
13.1pts
← winning
52.94/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: GLM-5 #28 (Supported); Nemotron 3 Nano 30B #98 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. GLM-5 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B share 11 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 38 results are unique to GLM-5; 4 to Nemotron 3 Nano 30B.

Updated July 22, 2026
Shared results
11
GLM-5 only
38
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B only
4
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for GLM-5 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 11 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

GLM-5 is priced at $1.00 input / $3.20 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B. GLM-5 has the larger context window at 200K, compared with 32K for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for GLM-5 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B
CategoryGLM-5ΔNemotron 3 Nano 30B
AgenticGLM-556.2MarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Nano 30BNot measured
CodingGLM-566.3MarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Nano 30BNot measured
ReasoningGLM-560.8MarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Nano 30BNot measured
KnowledgeGLM-566.4MarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Nano 30BNot measured
MathGLM-556.3MarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Nano 30BNot measured
MultilingualGLM-583.1MarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Nano 30BNot measured
Inst. FollowingGLM-592.6MarginNo overlapNemotron 3 Nano 30BNot measured

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGLM-5Nemotron 3 Nano 30BComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGLM-5$1 input / $3.2 outputNemotron 3 Nano 30B$0 input / $0 outputNemotron 3 Nano 30B has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGLM-574 tok/sNemotron 3 Nano 30B152 tok/sNemotron 3 Nano 30B has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGLM-51.64 sNemotron 3 Nano 30B1.90 sGLM-5 reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGLM-5200KNemotron 3 Nano 30B32KGLM-5 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGLM-5Nemotron 3 Nano 30BResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 56.2%Not comparable
Claw-EvalSource 57.7%Not comparable
QwenClawBenchSource 54.1%Not comparable
τ³-bench resultsSource 65.6%Not comparable
DeepPlanningSource 14.6%Not comparable
ToolathlonSource 38%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 31.1%Not comparable
MCP-TasksSource 60.8%Not comparable
WideResearchSource 69.8%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 98.2%40.9%GLM-5 leads
CyberGymSource 43.2%Not comparable
APEX-Agents-AASource 14.5%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 50.99%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 0.0%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 484Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 2.0%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGLM-5Nemotron 3 Nano 30BResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 77.8%Not comparable
SWE-bench Verified*Source 72.8%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 55.1%Not comparable
SWE MultilingualSource 73.3%Not comparable
SWE-RebenchSource 62.8%Not comparable
React Native EvalsSource 74.8%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 46.2%29.6%GLM-5 leads
AA Coding IndexSource 14.4%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGLM-5Nemotron 3 Nano 30BResult
LongBench v2Source 60.8%Not comparable
AI-NeedleSource 63.3%Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 63.3%33.7%GLM-5 leads
CritPtSource 2.0%0.9%GLM-5 leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkGLM-5Nemotron 3 Nano 30BResult
GPQASource 86%Not comparable
GPQA-DSource 86.0%Not comparable
SuperGPQASource 66.8%Not comparable
MMLU-ProSource 85.7%Not comparable
MMLU-Pro (Arcee)Source 85.8%Not comparable
HLESource 50.4%Not comparable
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 39.5%14.2%GLM-5 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 82.0%75.7%GLM-5 leads
AA-HLESource 27.2%10.2%GLM-5 leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 2.0%-51.6%GLM-5 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 26.9%17.1%GLM-5 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 34.0%82.9%GLM-5 leads
Math
BenchmarkGLM-5Nemotron 3 Nano 30BResult
AIME26Source 95.8%Not comparable
AIME25 (Arcee)Source 93.3%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2025Source 97.5%Not comparable
HMMT Nov 2025Source 96.9%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2026Source 86.4%Not comparable
MMAnswerBenchSource 82.5%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 16.434%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 2.100%Not comparable
Multilingual
BenchmarkGLM-5Nemotron 3 Nano 30BResult
MMLU-ProXSource 83.1%Not comparable
NOVA-63Source 55.1%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGLM-5Nemotron 3 Nano 30BResult
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1278Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGLM-5Nemotron 3 Nano 30BResult
IFEvalSource 92.6%Not comparable
AA-IFBenchSource 72.3%71.1%GLM-5 leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare GLM-5 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for GLM-5 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B today?

GLM-5: $1.00 input / $3.20 output per 1M tokens Nemotron 3 Nano 30B: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

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Last updated: July 22, 2026

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