GLM 4.6 vs Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: GLM 4.6 vs. Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct

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Overview

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct was released 1 year before GLM 4.6.

	GLM 4.6	Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development	Z.AI	Microsoft
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once	202.8K tokens	128K tokens
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once	202.8K tokens	Not specified tokens
Release Date When this model first became publicly available	September 30, 2025 1 month ago September 30th, 2025	May 24, 2024 1 year ago May 24th, 2024

Capabilities & Features

Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities

	GLM 4.6	Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
Input Types Supported input formats	📝Text	📝Text
Output Types Supported output formats	📝Text	📝Text
Tokenizer Text encoding system	Other	Other
Key Features Advanced capabilities	✓Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning ModeContent Moderation	✓Function CallingStructured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation
Open Source Model availability	Proprietary	Available on HuggingFace →

Pricing

GLM 4.6 is roughly 0.4x less expensive compared to Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct for input tokens and roughly 1.8x more expensive for output tokens.

	GLM 4.6	Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens	$0.40 per million tokens	$1.00 per million tokens
Output Token Cost Cost per million outut tokens	$1.75 per million tokens	$1.00 per million tokens

Benchmarks

Compare relevant benchmarks between GLM 4.6 and Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct.

	GLM 4.6	Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct
MMLU Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.
MMMU Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.
HellaSwag Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.

At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes GLM 4.6 and Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct unique.

GLM 4.6 by Z.AI can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 202.8K token context window. Very affordable at $0.40/M input and $1.75/M output tokens. Released September 30th, 2025.

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct by Microsoft can use external tools and APIs. It can handle standard conversations with its 128K token context window. Reasonably priced at $1.00/M input and $1.00/M output tokens. Released May 24th, 2024.