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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GLM-4.5V

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5V costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.6 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

GLM-4.5V Z.ai (Zhipu)

39.8

Rank #158 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 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 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 27.4.
  • GLM-4.5V is cheaper at $0.60 / $1.80 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 64K.
  • GLM-4.5V has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5V
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index54.139.8
Released2026-07-212025-08-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M64K
Max output66K16K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$1.80
Results tracked4615

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), GLM-4.5V: 39.5 (#155)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5V
LMArena Coding14911347
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

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

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

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), GLM-4.5V: 27.4 (#119)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5V
LMArena Hard Prompts14851334
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—59.8%
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-4.5V: 37.4 (#159)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5V
LMArena Math15051354
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-4.5V: 37.5 (#156)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5V
LMArena Expert14881353
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), GLM-4.5V: 34.3 (#92)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5V
LMArena Vision12981154
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), GLM-4.5V: 44.6 (#177)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5V
LMArena Non-English14691303
LMArena Chinese15311337
LMArena Russian14871298
LMArena Spanish14751336
LMArena French1504—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), GLM-4.5V: 69.2 (#175)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5V
LMArena Instruction Following14661311

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#171)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5V
LMArena Longer Query14741304

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), GLM-4.5V: 52.5 (#170)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-4.5V
LMArena Text14791333
LMArena Creative Writing14651295
LMArena Multi-Turn14811332
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than GLM-4.5V?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5V costs 1.7× 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-4.5V?

GLM-4.5V is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $1.80 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.6 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

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

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 64K.

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

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5V has 15.

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