Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GLM-4.5

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5 costs 1.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.6 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

GLM-4.5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #122 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and GLM-4.5 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 35.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 56.1% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 40.6% for GLM-4.5.
  • GLM-4.5 is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
  • GLM-4.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index54.142.0
Released2026-07-212025-07-27
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M131K
Max output66K98K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$2.20
Results tracked4627

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5
WeirdML56.1%40.6%
LMArena Coding14911434
ALE-Bench715.52344.82
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—54.2%
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
AlgoTune—1.52

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), GLM-4.5: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5
LMArena Hard Prompts14851429
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—57.9%
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5
LMArena Math15051427
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5
LMArena Expert14881433
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
Humanity's Last Exam—8.3%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
Confabulations—11.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), GLM-4.5: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5
LMArena Non-English14691417
LMArena Chinese15311465
LMArena French15041418
LMArena German14781407
LMArena Japanese14761415
LMArena Korean14311380
LMArena Russian14871414
LMArena Spanish14751454

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5
LMArena Instruction Following14661404

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5
LMArena Longer Query14741412
Fiction.LiveBench—58.3%

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5
LMArena Text14791430
LMArena Creative Writing14651395
EQ-Bench Creative Writing16041343
LMArena Multi-Turn14811415
Short-Story Creative Writing—73.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than GLM-4.5?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5 costs 1.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.6 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or GLM-4.5?

GLM-4.5 is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.6 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or GLM-4.5 better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 41.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM-4.5 share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5 has 27.

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