Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs GLM-5.2

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.2 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.2 leads 57.1 to 35.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 52.5% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and 93.6% for GLM-5.2.
  • GLM-5.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and GLM-5.2 specifications
Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.2
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index37.851.1
Released2025-02-052026-06-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.40
Output $ / M tokens—$4.40
Results tracked3251

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.2
LMArena Coding13221485
SWE-bench Verified—78.7%
DeepSWE—43.8%
FrontierCode—24.5%
LMArena WebDev—1603
SciCode—50.5%
WeirdML—70.1%
LiveBench Coding47.1%—
ALE-Bench—1,047

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —, GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.2
APEX-Agents—45.2%
τ²-bench Banking—37.1%
PostTrainBench—31.7%
GBAEval—0%
Vending-Bench 2—8,314

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.2
LMArena Hard Prompts13241480
DTBench52.5%93.6%
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%
LiveBench Reasoning50.1%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
LiveBench Data Analysis65.5%—
LMCA—45.8%
Surface Evolver Bench—55.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—151.78
ForecastBench57.1—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.2
LMArena Math13091482
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—59.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4—29.3%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—67.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—86.4%
ProofBench—35%
Omni-MATH37.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.2
LMArena Expert13051486
GPQA Diamond—91.9%
SimpleQA Verified—34.2%
MMLU-Pro72%—
GPQA (HELM)50%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), GLM-5.2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.2
LMArena Vision1100—

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.2
LMArena Non-English13231459
LMArena Chinese13391519
LMArena French13471479
LMArena German13061468
LMArena Japanese13011451
LMArena Korean13251445
LMArena Russian13281466
LMArena Spanish13131477

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.2
LMArena Instruction Following13051465
LiveBench Instruction Following78.3%—
IFEval82.4%—

Long Context GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.2
LMArena Longer Query13201479

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.2
LMArena Text13301470
LMArena Creative Writing13191462
LMArena Multi-Turn13071469
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1757
WildBench79%—
EQ-Bench 4—1222
LiveBench Language34.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than GLM-5.2?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or GLM-5.2 better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 37.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and GLM-5.2 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.2 has 51.

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