Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs GLM-5.3-Flash
GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.8 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.3-Flash in 10 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-5.3-Flash leads 48.0 to 15.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 1.3% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 65.8% for GLM-5.3-Flash.
- GLM-5.3-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | GLM-5.3-Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | |
| Noometry Index | 35.1 | 51.8 |
| Released | 2024-12-06 | 2026-08-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Results tracked | 54 | 40 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.1 (#31)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1350 | 1508 |
| DeepSWE | — | 63.4% |
| FrontierCode | — | 31.8% |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 13.5% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 38.2% | — |
| CursorBench | — | 36.8% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1609 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 18.1% |
| SciCode | — | 51.6% |
| WeirdML | 25.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 63.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.9% | — |
| CadEval | 30% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 303.55 |
Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), GLM-5.3-Flash: 34.2 (#47)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 52.8% |
| TheAgentCompany | 11.4% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 14% |
Reasoning GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), GLM-5.3-Flash: 48.0 (#42)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.3% | 65.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1346 | 1491 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.36 | 151.88 |
| SimpleBench | 31.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 91% |
| CritPt | — | 15.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 14% |
| EnigmaEval | 1.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 78.2% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 8% |
| DTBench | 63.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 69.4% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 52.5% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.15 |
| LiveBench | 66.9% | — |
Math GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.3 (#47)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 57.8% | 93.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1352 | 1500 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 55.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 17.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 21% |
| Omni-MATH | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 75.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 82.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), GLM-5.3-Flash: 58.4 (#36)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 64.1% | 90.2% |
| LMArena Expert | 1339 | 1513 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 6.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 12.4% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 55.6% | — |
| MMLU | 79.7% | — |
Multimodal GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), GLM-5.3-Flash: 42.8 (#27)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1158 | 1296 |
| GeoBench | 77% | — |
Multilingual GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), GLM-5.3-Flash: 56.0 (#25)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1342 | 1462 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1373 | 1527 |
| LMArena French | 1391 | 1496 |
| LMArena German | 1353 | 1470 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1294 | 1429 |
| LMArena Korean | 1313 | 1446 |
| LMArena Russian | 1351 | 1469 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1363 | 1471 |
Instruction Following GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), GLM-5.3-Flash: 77.5 (#20)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1336 | 1478 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 85.8% | — |
| IFEval | 84.1% | — |
Long Context GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), GLM-5.3-Flash: 45.4 (#39)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1344 | 1482 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 61.1% | — |
Writing & Preference GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), GLM-5.3-Flash: 65.3 (#50)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1354 | 1471 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1340 | 1442 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1350 | 1467 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.8% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1128 | — |
| WildBench | 80% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 51.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than GLM-5.3-Flash?
GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.8 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or GLM-5.3-Flash better for coding?
GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.1 versus 28.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and GLM-5.3-Flash share?
22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3-Flash has 40.