Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs GLM-5

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.9 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.7

Rank #292 Confirmed

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

45.9

Rank #59 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5 leads 52.2 to 16.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.6% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and 80% for GLM-5.
  • GLM-5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-5
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index29.745.9
Released2024-10-032026-02-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1
Output $ / M tokens—$3.20
Results tracked2145

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), GLM-5: 49.0 (#47)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-5
LMArena Coding12181461
SWE-bench Verified—72.1%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—72.8%
LMArena WebDev—1434
SWE-bench Multilingual—69.7%
WeirdML—48.2%
ALE-Bench—765.62

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —, GLM-5: 30.9 (#65)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-5
Terminal-Bench—52.4%
τ²-bench Airline—82.5%
τ²-bench Banking—9.8%
τ²-bench Retail—73.7%
τ²-bench Telecom—86.8%
Vending-Bench 2—4,432

Reasoning GLM-5 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), GLM-5: 27.6 (#100)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-5
LMArena Hard Prompts12101451
ARC-AGI-2—4.9%
SimpleBench—53.2%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—75%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.8%
ARC-AGI-1—44.7%
Chess Puzzles—10%
DTBench50%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—145.84
ForecastBench—61

Math GLM-5 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), GLM-5: 44.8 (#66)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%80%
LMArena Math12071440
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—65.7%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—16.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—2.1%

Knowledge GLM-5 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), GLM-5: 52.2 (#59)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-5
GPQA Diamond33%87.8%
LMArena Expert11851454
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110), GLM-5: —

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-5
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual GLM-5 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), GLM-5: 53.9 (#57)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-5
LMArena Non-English12151430
LMArena Chinese12311511
LMArena French12331455
LMArena German12061445
LMArena Japanese11501416
LMArena Korean11401421
LMArena Russian12361436
LMArena Spanish12121452

Instruction Following GLM-5 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231), GLM-5: 75.4 (#64)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-5
LMArena Instruction Following11991427

Long Context GLM-5 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), GLM-5: 44.6 (#58)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-5
LMArena Longer Query12191446
CL-bench—18.7%

Writing & Preference GLM-5 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), GLM-5: 66.2 (#38)

BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGLM-5
LMArena Text12261446
LMArena Creative Writing12181438
LMArena Multi-Turn11851456
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1601

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than GLM-5?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.9 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or GLM-5 better for coding?

GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and GLM-5 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5 has 45.

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