Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs GLM-5.3-Flash
GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.8 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.3-Flash in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-5.3-Flash leads 48.0 to 22.0.
- GLM-5.3-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GLM-5.3-Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | |
| Noometry Index | 37.8 | 51.8 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | 2026-08-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 40 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.1 (#31)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1508 |
| DeepSWE | — | 63.4% |
| FrontierCode | — | 31.8% |
| CursorBench | — | 36.8% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1609 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 18.1% |
| SciCode | — | 51.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 303.55 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —, GLM-5.3-Flash: 34.2 (#47)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 52.8% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 14% |
Reasoning GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), GLM-5.3-Flash: 48.0 (#42)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | 1491 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 65.8% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 91% |
| CritPt | — | 15.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 14% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 8% |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 52.5% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.15 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 151.88 |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.3 (#47)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1309 | 1500 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 55.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 17.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 93.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 21% |
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | — |
Knowledge GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), GLM-5.3-Flash: 58.4 (#36)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | 1513 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 90.2% |
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | — |
Multimodal GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), GLM-5.3-Flash: 42.8 (#27)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | 1296 |
Multilingual GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), GLM-5.3-Flash: 56.0 (#25)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | 1462 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | 1527 |
| LMArena French | 1347 | 1496 |
| LMArena German | 1306 | 1470 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1301 | 1429 |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | 1446 |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | 1469 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | 1471 |
Instruction Following GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), GLM-5.3-Flash: 77.5 (#20)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | 1478 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | — |
| IFEval | 82.4% | — |
Long Context GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), GLM-5.3-Flash: 45.4 (#39)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | 1482 |
Writing & Preference GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), GLM-5.3-Flash: 65.3 (#50)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | 1471 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1442 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | 1467 |
| WildBench | 79% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than GLM-5.3-Flash?
GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.8 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or GLM-5.3-Flash better for coding?
GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.1 versus 37.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and GLM-5.3-Flash share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3-Flash has 40.