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Nanbeige4.1 3B vs GLM 4.6V

Nanbeige4.1 3B (Nanbeige) and GLM 4.6V (Z.ai) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 9 September 2026

As of 9 September 2026, Nanbeige4.1 3B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#90 vs #92).

Which should you choose?

Choose Nanbeige4.1 3B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #90 against #92 (43.6 vs 42.3 points).
  • AA Humanity's Last Exam is your yardstick — 10.9% against 3.7%.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Nanbeige4.1 3B was listed 10 February 2026, GLM 4.6V 8 December 2025.

Choose GLM 4.6V if…

  • you want provider choice — 2 listed API providers against 0.
  • AA τ²-Bench Telecom is your yardstick — 30.7% against 21.6%.

Nanbeige4.1 3B vs GLM 4.6V: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Nanbeige4.1 3B and GLM 4.6V
FieldNanbeige4.1 3BNanbeigeGLM 4.6VZ.ai
ModelCap Index position#90#92
Index score43.642.3
EvidenceEstimatedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.30
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.90
Context window— tokens131K tokens
Max output tokens—33K
API providers listed02
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextImage, Text, Video
First listed10 February 20268 December 2025
PublisherNanbeigeZ.ai

Evidence: global-corpus-prior over 182 held-out anchors (20%); launch card against 2 resolved peers on 6 rows (80%); exceeds every named peer on 5 of 6 rows; optimism haircut 3 from cross-lab-probe; shrunk 2.4 up toward the measured corpus · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Nanbeige4.1 3B vs GLM 4.6V

Public benchmark boards where Nanbeige4.1 3B or GLM 4.6V has a published result
BoardNanbeige4.1 3BGLM 4.6VLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14161391–1442Only one result
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis1.1%terminal-bench:2.1:terminus-2:e2b:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Nanbeige4.1-3B":reasoning=true—Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis21.6%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="Nanbeige4.1-3B":reasoning=true30.7%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="GLM-4.6V (Non-reasoning)":reasoning=falseGLM 4.6V
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis10.9%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="Nanbeige4.1-3B":reasoning=true3.7%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="GLM-4.6V (Non-reasoning)":reasoning=falseNanbeige4.1 3B

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Nanbeige4.1 3B vs GLM 4.6V: common questions

Is Nanbeige4.1 3B better than GLM 4.6V?

Nanbeige4.1 3B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 9 September 2026: #90 against #92. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Nanbeige4.1 3B cheaper than GLM 4.6V?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Nanbeige4.1 3B or GLM 4.6V?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Nanbeige4.1 3B or GLM 4.6V?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Nanbeige4.1 3B and GLM 4.6V open-weight models?

Nanbeige4.1 3B: Open weights. GLM 4.6V: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Nanbeige4.1 3B and GLM 4.6V?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Nanbeige4.1 3B and 2 for GLM 4.6V, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Nanbeige4.1 3B vs GLM 4.6V comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 9 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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