Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs GLM-4.5V

GLM-4.5V is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

GLM-4.5V Z.ai (Zhipu)

39.8

Rank #158 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-4.5V in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-4.5V leads 37.4 to 14.2.
  • GLM-4.5V has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and GLM-4.5V specifications
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.5V
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index29.939.8
Released2024-10-032025-08-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—64K
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.60
Output $ / M tokens—$1.80
Results tracked2115

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5V leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), GLM-4.5V: 39.5 (#155)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.5V
LMArena Coding12181347

Reasoning GLM-4.5V leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), GLM-4.5V: 27.4 (#119)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.5V
LMArena Hard Prompts12091334
Kagi LLM Benchmark—59.8%
DTBench50%—

Math GLM-4.5V leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), GLM-4.5V: 37.4 (#159)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.5V
LMArena Math12071354
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%—

Knowledge GLM-4.5V leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), GLM-4.5V: 37.5 (#156)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.5V
LMArena Expert11851353
GPQA Diamond33%—

Multimodal GLM-4.5V leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), GLM-4.5V: 34.3 (#92)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.5V
LMArena Vision10441154

Multilingual GLM-4.5V leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), GLM-4.5V: 44.6 (#177)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.5V
LMArena Non-English12151303
LMArena Chinese12311337
LMArena Russian12361298
LMArena Spanish12121336
LMArena French1234—
LMArena German1206—
LMArena Japanese1150—
LMArena Korean1140—

Instruction Following GLM-4.5V leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), GLM-4.5V: 69.2 (#175)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.5V
LMArena Instruction Following11991311

Long Context GLM-4.5V leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#171)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.5V
LMArena Longer Query12191304

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5V leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), GLM-4.5V: 52.5 (#170)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-4.5V
LMArena Text12261333
LMArena Creative Writing12181295
LMArena Multi-Turn11851332

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than GLM-4.5V?

GLM-4.5V is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or GLM-4.5V better for coding?

GLM-4.5V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and GLM-4.5V share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5V has 15.

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