# GLM-5.1 vs Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.1 and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-1-vs-nemotron-3-5-bolt-74b-a9b-bf16
- Last updated: October 16, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5.1 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 leads overall 60 to 56.29.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 76.5 for GLM-5.1 and 72.1 for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is τ³-bench results in Agentic, with scores of 70.6% and 17.0%.
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 also has the larger context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 203K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 56.29 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.40 / $4.40 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 43.5 (Estimated · #62/128)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 68% | 70% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 |
| τ³-bench results | 70.6% | 17.0% | GLM-5.1 |
| MCP Atlas | 71.8% | 55.6% | GLM-5.1 |
| CyberGym | 68.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 62.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 60.11% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 56.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 52.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 53.9% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| WebArena | Coming soon | 50.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 47.2 (Supported · #50/150)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 42.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 62.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 31.46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 52.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 81.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 76.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 76.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: 72.1 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 52.6 (Supported · #70/184)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 86.2% | 88.8% | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 |
| HLE | 31% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 84.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 28.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 93.8 (#6/148)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 66.7 (#7/12)
- Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 94.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 82.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | 83.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 36.842% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5.1 or Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5.1 and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 76.5 for GLM-5.1 and 72.1 for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-5.1 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5.1 currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 currently has 8 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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