Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Pro vs GLM-5

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

39.1

Rank #173 Confirmed

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

46.1

Rank #66 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher in 1 category and GLM-5 in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5 leads 52.3 to 36.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 65.7% for Gemini 2.0 Pro and 87.8% for GLM-5.
  • GLM-5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Pro and GLM-5 specifications
Gemini 2.0 ProGLM-5
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index39.146.1
Released2025-02-052026-02-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1
Output $ / M tokens—$3.20
Results tracked1445

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5 leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187), GLM-5: 49.0 (#52)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGLM-5
SWE-bench Verified—72.1%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—72.8%
Aider Polyglot35.6%—
LMArena WebDev—1434
SWE-bench Multilingual—69.7%
WeirdML—48.2%
LiveBench Coding63.5%—
LMArena Coding—1461
ALE-Bench—765.62

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, GLM-5: 31.1 (#71)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGLM-5
Terminal-Bench—52.4%
τ²-bench Airline—82.5%
τ²-bench Banking—9.8%
τ²-bench Retail—73.7%
τ²-bench Telecom—86.8%
Vending-Bench 2—4,432

Reasoning GLM-5 leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198), GLM-5: 27.6 (#116)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGLM-5
Epoch Capabilities Index135.06145.83
ARC-AGI-2—4.9%
SimpleBench—53.2%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—75%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.8%
ARC-AGI-1—44.7%
Chess Puzzles—10%
EnigmaEval0.7%—
LiveBench Reasoning60.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1452
LiveBench Data Analysis68%—
ForecastBench—61
LiveBench65.1%—

Math GLM-5 leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100), GLM-5: 46.4 (#71)

Knowledge GLM-5 leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167), GLM-5: 52.3 (#64)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGLM-5
GPQA Diamond65.7%87.8%
Confabulations18.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.1%
LMArena Expert—1454

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, GLM-5: 53.7 (#58)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGLM-5
LMArena Non-English—1430
LMArena Chinese—1511
LMArena French—1455
LMArena German—1445
LMArena Japanese—1416
LMArena Korean—1423
LMArena Russian—1436
LMArena Spanish—1454

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59), GLM-5: 75.2 (#67)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGLM-5
LiveBench Instruction Following83.4%—
LMArena Instruction Following—1428

Long Context GLM-5 leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292), GLM-5: 44.7 (#60)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGLM-5
Fiction.LiveBench41.7%—
CL-bench—18.7%
LMArena Longer Query—1446

Writing & Preference GLM-5 leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165), GLM-5: 66.0 (#38)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProGLM-5
LMArena Text—1446
LMArena Creative Writing—1439
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1601
LMArena Multi-Turn—1456
LiveBench Language44.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than GLM-5?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or GLM-5 better for coding?

GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and GLM-5 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5 has 45.

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