Z.AI GLM 5 - NC Bench

z-ai/glm-5

Z.AI GLM 5

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Release Date

Feb 11th, 2026

Parameters

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Context Size

200k

Benchmark Cost

$3.57

Speed

43.8 tok/s

Creative writing

44.94%

Rule following

82.84%

Utility

87.00%

Mathematics

100.00%

Tooling

93.08%

Language

85.55%

Logic

90.00%

Data extraction

Extract key details from a given block of text.

Scenario	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Run 7	Run 8	Run 9	Run 10	Total
Who's the tallest? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
What's the color of the car? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
What instrument does Lucy play? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Guess the pet 0-shot UtilityLogic	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
What's the correct time? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	20%
Who's the sister? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Contextual pronoun 0-shot Utility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Indirect birth year 0-shot UtilityMathematicsLogic	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Fruits excluding citrus 0-shot Utility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Future event time 0-shot UtilityLogic	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Highest-rated movie 0-shot Utility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
All valid emails 0-shot Utility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
93.33%

Dialogue tags

Various tasks related to dialogue tags in text.

Scenario	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Run 7	Run 8	Run 9	Run 10	Total
Write unattributed dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Write 200 words with 10% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	91%	88%	84%	76%	55%	50%	50%	50%	48%	47%	64%
Write 200 words with 50% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	83%	72%	57%	53%	50%	49%	43%	40%	38%	16%	50%
Write 200 words with 90% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	100%	97%	89%	83%	80%	56%	52%	48%	46%	46%	70%
Write 500 words with 30% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	50%	45%	41%	23%	10%	5%	2%	0%	0%	0%	18%
Write 500 words with 50% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	41%	11%	4%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	6%
Write 500 words with 70% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	41%	34%	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	8%
44.94%

Language Comprehension

Does the model understand more than just English?

Scenario	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Total
Friend got new kittens (Tagalog) 0-shot Language	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Friend got new kittens (German) 0-shot Language	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	80%
Asking for directions (German) 0-shot Language	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Asking for directions (Dutch) 0-shot Language	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
95.00%

Language Writing

Can the model generate text in different languages?

Scenario	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Total
Character dialogue (Spanish) in a story 0-shot Language	100%	94%	81%	81%	67%	85%
Character dialogue (French) in a story 0-shot Language	83%	82%	71%	67%	65%	74%
Character dialogue (German) in a story 0-shot Language	95%	92%	79%	75%	65%	81%
Character dialogue (Italian) in a story 0-shot Language	95%	94%	94%	92%	86%	92%
Character dialogue (Hindi) in a story 0-shot Language	100%	50%	50%	47%	44%	58%
77.99%

Novel outline

Handle questions about the outline of a novel in various formats

Scenario	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Run 7	Run 8	Run 9	Run 10	Total
Count chapters 0-shot ToolingUtility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Count chapters (indented) 0-shot ToolingUtility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Count acts 0-shot ToolingUtility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Count acts (indented) 0-shot ToolingUtility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Count scenes 0-shot ToolingUtility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%	70%
Count scenes (indented) 0-shot ToolingUtility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%	80%
Count point of views for Jack Harper 0-shot ToolingUtility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%	80%
Count point of views for Jack Harper (indented) 0-shot ToolingUtility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%	80%
Count point of views for Olivia 0-shot ToolingUtility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Count point of views for Olivia (indented) 0-shot ToolingUtility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Count point of views for Jack and Olivia 0-shot ToolingUtility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Count point of views for Jack and Olivia (indented) 0-shot ToolingUtility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
92.50%

Tool usage within Novelcrafter

Output messages that are related to tool usage within Novelcrafter

Scenario	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Run 7	Run 8	Run 9	Run 10	Total
Create alternate prose sections 0-shot ToolingUtility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
100.00%

N-Length Sentences

Write sentences with exactly N words

Scenario	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Run 7	Run 8	Run 9	Run 10	Total
Write sentences with 5 words each 0-shot Rule following	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Write sentences with 10 words each 0-shot Rule following	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	74%	97%
Write sentences with 20 words each 0-shot Rule following	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	80%	98%
98.48%

Voice/dialogue sheets

Extract dialogue from given text as voice sheets.

Scenario	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Run 7	Run 8	Run 9	Run 10	Total
Simple 0-shot Utility	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	20%
Simple (1-shot) 1-shot Utility	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	30%
Simple (5-shot) Few-shot Utility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%	70%
Multiple speakers 0-shot Utility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	60%
Unattributed dialogue 0-shot Utility	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
56.00%

Write N of X

Write exactly N words/sentences/paragraphs...

Scenario	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Run 5	Run 6	Run 7	Run 8	Run 9	Run 10	Total
10 word summary 0-shot Rule following	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
20 word summary 0-shot Rule following	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
50 word summary 0-shot Rule following	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	98%	100%
100 word summary 0-shot Rule following	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	98%	98%	98%	98%	92%	99%
200 word summary 0-shot Rule following	100%	100%	98%	98%	98%	98%	98%	92%	92%	92%	97%
1 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
3 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
10 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
20 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
50 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
1 paragraph summary 0-shot Rule following	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
3 paragraph summary 0-shot Rule following	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
5 paragraph summary 0-shot Rule following	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
99.63%