Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs GLM-4.5V

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5V costs 3.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

GLM-4.5V Z.ai (Zhipu)

39.8

Rank #158 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and GLM-4.5V in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.8 to 27.4.
  • GLM-4.5V is cheaper at $0.60 / $1.80 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $9 for Gemini 3.5 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 64K.
  • GLM-4.5V has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash and GLM-4.5V specifications
Gemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.5V
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index54.239.8
Released2026-05-192025-08-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M64K
Max output66K16K
Input $ / M tokens$1.50$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$9$1.80
Results tracked5415

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), GLM-4.5V: 39.5 (#155)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.5V
LMArena Coding14921347
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
LMArena WebDev1499—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), GLM-4.5V: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.5V
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), GLM-4.5V: 27.4 (#119)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.5V
LMArena Hard Prompts14881334
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—59.8%
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt13.1%—
Chess Puzzles50%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—
DTBench94.7%—
LMCA47.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.46—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), GLM-4.5V: 37.4 (#159)

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), GLM-4.5V: 37.5 (#156)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.5V
LMArena Expert14951353
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), GLM-4.5V: 34.3 (#92)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.5V
LMArena Vision13101154
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), GLM-4.5V: 44.6 (#177)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.5V
LMArena Non-English14761303
LMArena Chinese15261337
LMArena Russian14931298
LMArena Spanish14801336
LMArena French1490—
LMArena German1492—
LMArena Japanese1486—
LMArena Korean1451—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), GLM-4.5V: 69.2 (#175)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.5V
LMArena Instruction Following14671311

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#171)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.5V
LMArena Longer Query14821304

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), GLM-4.5V: 52.5 (#170)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-4.5V
LMArena Text14821333
LMArena Creative Writing14701295
LMArena Multi-Turn14811332
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than GLM-4.5V?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5V costs 3.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash or GLM-4.5V?

GLM-4.5V is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $1.80 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash lists at $1.50 and $9.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or GLM-4.5V better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 64K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and GLM-4.5V share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5V has 15.

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