Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs GLM-4.5

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) Google

35.1

Rank #228 Confirmed

GLM-4.5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #122 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 1 category and GLM-4.5 in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-4.5 leads 28.6 to 15.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SWE-bench Verified (bash only): 13.5% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 54.2% for GLM-4.5.
  • GLM-4.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and GLM-4.5 specifications
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-4.5
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index35.142.0
Released2024-12-062025-07-27
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—98K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.60
Output $ / M tokens—$2.20
Results tracked5427

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-4.5
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)13.5%54.2%
WeirdML25.8%40.6%
LMArena Coding13501434
Aider Polyglot38.2%—
BigCodeBench Instruct45.9%—
LiveBench Coding63.4%—
BigCodeBench Complete59.9%—
CadEval30%—
ALE-Bench—344.82
AlgoTune—1.52

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), GLM-4.5: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-4.5
TheAgentCompany11.4%—

Reasoning GLM-4.5 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-4.5
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.8%57.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts13461429
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench31.1%—
EnigmaEval1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning78.2%—
DTBench63.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis69.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.36—
LiveBench66.9%—

Math GLM-4.5 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-4.5
LMArena Math13521427
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202557.8%—
Omni-MATH45.9%—
LiveBench Math75.8%—
MATH Level 582.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge GLM-4.5 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-4.5
Humanity's Last Exam6.6%8.3%
Confabulations12.4%11.3%
LMArena Expert13391433
GPQA Diamond64.1%—
MMLU-Pro73.7%—
GPQA (HELM)55.6%—
MMLU79.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), GLM-4.5: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-4.5
LMArena Vision1158—
GeoBench77%—

Multilingual GLM-4.5 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-4.5
LMArena Non-English13421417
LMArena Chinese13731465
LMArena French13911418
LMArena German13531407
LMArena Japanese12941415
LMArena Korean13131380
LMArena Russian13511414
LMArena Spanish13631454

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-4.5
LMArena Instruction Following13361404
LiveBench Instruction Following85.8%—
IFEval84.1%—

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-4.5
Fiction.LiveBench61.1%58.3%
LMArena Longer Query13441412

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-4.5
LMArena Text13541430
LMArena Creative Writing13401395
Short-Story Creative Writing73.8%73.4%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing11281343
LMArena Multi-Turn13501415
WildBench80%—
LiveBench Language51.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than GLM-4.5?

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or GLM-4.5 better for coding?

GLM-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 28.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and GLM-4.5 share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5 has 27.

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