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Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs GLM-5V-Turbo

GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 41.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs 2.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5V-Turbo's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.8

Rank #113 Confirmed

GLM-5V-Turbo Z.ai (Zhipu)

43.1

Rank #86 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 5 categories and GLM-5V-Turbo in 4 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5V-Turbo leads 36.6 to 25.7.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $4 for GLM-5V-Turbo.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 200K.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5V-Turbo
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index41.843.1
Released2026-07-212026-04-01
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M200K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$4
Results tracked3819

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.1 (#96), GLM-5V-Turbo: 41.8 (#105)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena WebDev14401400
LMArena Coding14551467
SciCode41.3%—
WeirdML39%—
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 28.6 (#82), GLM-5V-Turbo: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5V-Turbo
GDP.pdf10%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#95), GLM-5V-Turbo: 28.5 (#87)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Hard Prompts14411443
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%—
ARC-AGI-153.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles22%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench83.5%—
LMCA37.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.12—

Math GLM-5V-Turbo leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#245), GLM-5V-Turbo: 36.6 (#109)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Math14311440
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%—
ProofBench13%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.0 (#66), GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.9 (#113)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Expert14301451
GPQA Diamond83.3%—

Multimodal Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 40.3 (#38), GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.1 (#41)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Vision12661264
LMArena Document—1416

Multilingual Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.8 (#59), GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.2 (#69)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Non-English14281420
LMArena Chinese14671488
LMArena French14521443
LMArena German14541422
LMArena Korean14061399
LMArena Russian14431432
LMArena Spanish14401446
LMArena Japanese1428—

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 75.0 (#77), GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.1 (#75)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following14201422

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.8 (#80), GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#76)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Longer Query14351439

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.4 (#55), GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.6 (#69)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Text14361437
LMArena Creative Writing14191414
LMArena Multi-Turn14451432
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than GLM-5V-Turbo?

GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 41.8 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs 2.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5V-Turbo's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or GLM-5V-Turbo?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; GLM-5V-Turbo lists at $1.20 and $4.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or GLM-5V-Turbo better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (42.1 vs 41.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and GLM-5V-Turbo share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5V-Turbo has 19.

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