# GLM-5 vs Granite 4.2 8B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5 and Granite 4.2 8B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-vs-granite-4-2-8b
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

GLM-5 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- GLM-5 has the higher overall point estimate 54.83 to 33.4. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 41.7 for GLM-5 and 15.7 for Granite 4.2 8B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE Multilingual in Coding, with scores of 73.3% and 30.8%.
- Granite 4.2 8B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GLM-5 also has the larger context window at 200K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5 | Granite 4.2 8B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | IBM |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 128K |
| Overall Score | 54.83 | 33.4 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 38 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.00 / $3.20 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 41.7 (Estimated · #63/127)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 15.7 (Estimated · #113/127)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 62% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 50.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 57.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | 54.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 65.6% | 58.1% | GLM-5 |
| DeepPlanning | 14.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 38% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 31.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 69.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 43.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 50.99% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 20.6% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 52.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 38 (Estimated · #70/150)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 17.2 (Estimated · #125/150)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.8% | 47.7% | GLM-5 |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 72.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.1% | 19.1% | GLM-5 |
| SWE Multilingual | 73.3% | 30.8% | GLM-5 |
| NL2Repo | 35.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 74.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 20.6% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 73.2% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 36.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 70.9 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 56.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | 63.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 50.4 (Estimated · #79/184)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 30.6 (Supported · #154/184)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 86% | 64.1% | GLM-5 |
| GPQA-D | 86.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 66.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 85.7% | 74.0% | GLM-5 |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 30.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 89.5 (#6/17)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 88.6 (#34/146)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 86.5 (#41/146)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 92.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 83 (Unranked · 6 rankable rows)
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Granite 4.2 8B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 93.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 97.5% | 78.3% | GLM-5 |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 96.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 86.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | 82.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 86.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5 or Granite 4.2 8B?

GLM-5 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5 and Granite 4.2 8B?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 41.7 for GLM-5 and 15.7 for Granite 4.2 8B.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-5 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5 currently has 38 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Granite 4.2 8B cover on BenchLM?

Granite 4.2 8B currently has 14 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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