Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs GLM-5.2

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) Google

35.1

Rank #228 Confirmed

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.2 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-5.2 leads 42.3 to 15.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 25.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 70.1% for GLM-5.2.
  • GLM-5.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and GLM-5.2 specifications
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.2
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index35.151.1
Released2024-12-062026-06-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.40
Output $ / M tokens—$4.40
Results tracked5451

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.2
WeirdML25.8%70.1%
LMArena Coding13501485
SWE-bench Verified—78.7%
DeepSWE—43.8%
FrontierCode—24.5%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)13.5%—
Aider Polyglot38.2%—
LMArena WebDev—1603
SciCode—50.5%
BigCodeBench Instruct45.9%—
LiveBench Coding63.4%—
BigCodeBench Complete59.9%—
CadEval30%—
ALE-Bench—1,047

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.2
APEX-Agents—45.2%
TheAgentCompany11.4%—
τ²-bench Banking—37.1%
PostTrainBench—31.7%
GBAEval—0%
Vending-Bench 2—8,314

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.2
ARC-AGI-21.3%22.8%
SimpleBench31.1%58.8%
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.8%62.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts13461480
DTBench63.2%93.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index135.36151.78
NYT Connections (extended)—74.3%
ARC-AGI-1—77%
CritPt—20.9%
Chess Puzzles—21%
EnigmaEval1.1%—
EBR-Bench—9.5%
LiveBench Reasoning78.2%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
LiveBench Data Analysis69.4%—
LMCA—45.8%
Surface Evolver Bench—55.6%
LiveBench66.9%—

Math GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202557.8%86.4%
LMArena Math13521482
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—59.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4—29.3%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—67.6%
ProofBench—35%
Omni-MATH45.9%—
LiveBench Math75.8%—
MATH Level 582.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.2
GPQA Diamond64.1%91.9%
LMArena Expert13391486
Humanity's Last Exam6.6%—
SimpleQA Verified—34.2%
MMLU-Pro73.7%—
Confabulations12.4%—
GPQA (HELM)55.6%—
MMLU79.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), GLM-5.2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.2
LMArena Vision1158—
GeoBench77%—

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.2
LMArena Non-English13421459
LMArena Chinese13731519
LMArena French13911479
LMArena German13531468
LMArena Japanese12941451
LMArena Korean13131445
LMArena Russian13511466
LMArena Spanish13631477

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.2
LMArena Instruction Following13361465
LiveBench Instruction Following85.8%—
IFEval84.1%—

Long Context GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.2
LMArena Longer Query13441479
Fiction.LiveBench61.1%—

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.2
LMArena Text13541470
LMArena Creative Writing13401462
EQ-Bench Creative Writing11281757
LMArena Multi-Turn13501469
Short-Story Creative Writing73.8%—
WildBench80%—
EQ-Bench 4—1222
LiveBench Language51.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than GLM-5.2?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or GLM-5.2 better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 28.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and GLM-5.2 share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.2 has 51.

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