Z.ai

GLM-4

GLM-4 is a proprietary model from Z.ai. It ranks #308 of 351 on the LMArena text leaderboard with a rating of 1226.

LMArena text1226+0 in 30 days
Rank#308/351
95% interval1219–1233
Votes9.8K
Developer
Z.ai (Zhipu AI)
Released
Jun 21, 2024
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Price in / out, per 1M tokens
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Weights
Proprietary
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GLM-4, LMArena text rating over time
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LatestGLM-4 1226

The rating LMArena published at each update since Jun 21, 2024. Ratings move as votes come in and new models join.

LMArena, by category

LeaderboardRatingRankVotes
TextLMArena1226308 / 3519.8K
CodingLMArena1227305 / 3461.7K
MathLMArena1218299 / 3391.2K
Creative writingLMArena1198311 / 3491.5K
Instruction followingLMArena1203306 / 3513.8K
Hard promptsLMArena1212305 / 3513K
Multi-turnLMArena1218307 / 3491.6K
Long queriesLMArena1206313 / 3301.2K
ExpertLMArena1179299 / 305514
Legal and governmentIndustries1244298 / 325556
Medicine and healthcareIndustries1203300 / 325554
Business and financeIndustries1177318 / 3441.2K
ChineseLanguages1229291 / 3281.2K
GermanLanguages1184263 / 261371

LMArena, CC BY 4.0, as of Oct 22, 2026. Where a model is rated at several effort levels, its best is shown.

Compare GLM-4

Z.ai (Zhipu AI)

A Tsinghua spin-out that builds the GLM family of open bilingual models. Founded 2019, based in Beijing. z.ai

Questions

Who makes GLM-4?

GLM-4 is made by Z.ai (Zhipu AI), founded 2019 and based in Beijing.

How does GLM-4 rank?

#308 of 351 on LMArena’s text leaderboard, rated 1226 (95% interval 1219–1233) from 9,788 votes, as of Oct 22, 2026.

Is GLM-4 open source?

No. GLM-4 is proprietary and served through its provider’s API.

Sources

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