Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs GLM-5.2

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.9 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) Google

32.9

Rank #240 Confirmed

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

50.9

Rank #38 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.2 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5.2 leads 55.4 to 20.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 16.3% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and 86.4% for GLM-5.2.
  • GLM-5.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and GLM-5.2 specifications
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)GLM-5.2
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index32.950.9
Released2024-05-142026-06-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.40
Output $ / M tokens—$4.40
Results tracked4250

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 33.9 (#233), GLM-5.2: 50.9 (#37)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)GLM-5.2
WeirdML24.9%70.1%
LMArena Coding12621484
SWE-bench Verified—78.7%
DeepSWE—43.8%
FrontierCode—24.5%
LMArena WebDev—1604
SciCode—50.5%
BigCodeBench Instruct43.5%—
BigCodeBench Complete55.1%—
ALE-Bench—1,047
HumanEval+75.6%—
MBPP+67.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.3 (#97), GLM-5.2: 31.6 (#63)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)GLM-5.2
τ²-bench Banking—37.1%
PostTrainBench—31.7%
BALROG14.6%—
GBAEval—0%
Vending-Bench 2—8,314

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#212), GLM-5.2: 42.1 (#46)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)GLM-5.2
LMArena Hard Prompts12571480
DTBench53.8%93.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index129.37151.76
ARC-AGI-2—22.8%
SimpleBench—58.8%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—62.6%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.3%
ARC-AGI-1—77%
CritPt—20.9%
Chess Puzzles—21%
EBR-Bench—9.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
LMCA—45.8%
Surface Evolver Bench—55.6%
ForecastBench53.9—
PIQA87.5%—

Math GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#274), GLM-5.2: 55.4 (#35)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)GLM-5.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202516.3%86.4%
LMArena Math12691482
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—59.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4—29.3%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—67.6%
ProofBench—35%
Omni-MATH30.4%—
MATH Level 561.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0%—
GSM8K82.4%—

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#253), GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#36)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)GLM-5.2
GPQA Diamond47.3%91.9%
LMArena Expert12331484
SimpleQA Verified—34.2%
MMLU-Pro67.8%—
GPQA (HELM)43.7%—
BoolQ85.8%—
MMLU77.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 35.3 (#76), GLM-5.2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)GLM-5.2
LMArena Vision1141—
Video-MME70.3%—
GeoBench76%—

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 43.1 (#184), GLM-5.2: 56.0 (#25)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)GLM-5.2
LMArena Non-English12781459
LMArena Chinese12951518
LMArena French12571476
LMArena German12621470
LMArena Japanese12521451
LMArena Korean12201445
LMArena Russian12881467
LMArena Spanish12421477

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 67.0 (#199), GLM-5.2: 77.1 (#32)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)GLM-5.2
LMArena Instruction Following12581465
IFEval83.1%—

Long Context GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#182), GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)GLM-5.2
LMArena Longer Query12841479

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.9 (#190), GLM-5.2: 70.7 (#20)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)GLM-5.2
LMArena Text12871470
LMArena Creative Writing12851465
LMArena Multi-Turn12531468
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1757
WildBench79.2%—
EQ-Bench 4—1222

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than GLM-5.2?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.9 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or GLM-5.2 better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 33.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and GLM-5.2 share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.2 has 50.

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