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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GLM-5.1

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 47.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 33 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #30 Confirmed

GLM-5.1 Z.ai (Zhipu)

47.6

Rank #51 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 33 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and GLM-5.1 in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.9 to 38.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 66.2% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 34% for GLM-5.1.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.1.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 200K.
  • GLM-5.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.1
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index54.147.6
Released2026-07-212026-04-07
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M200K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$1.40
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$4.40
Results tracked4641

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 49.6 (#45), GLM-5.1: 48.5 (#52)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.1
LMArena WebDev15361509
SciCode52.7%43.8%
WeirdML56.1%57.1%
LMArena Coding14921486
ALE-Bench715.52887.1
SWE-bench Verified—74.2%
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.4 (#56), GLM-5.1: 24.8 (#106)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.1
APEX-Agents46.9%40.9%
ExploitBench—18.1%
GBAEval—0%
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 2—5,634

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.9 (#20), GLM-5.1: 38.2 (#57)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.1
NYT Connections (extended)89%77.7%
CritPt10.6%4.6%
Chess Puzzles43%19%
LMArena Hard Prompts14861472
Epoch Capabilities Index154.36149.86
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
SimpleBench—55.1%
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
Thematic Generalization—69.8%
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.0 (#33), GLM-5.1: 49.0 (#48)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.1
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%36.8%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%67.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%93.3%
ProofBench36%22.2%
LMArena Math15041472
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—33.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—12.5%

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#7), GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#45)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.1
GPQA Diamond94.1%89.9%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%34%
LMArena Expert14891477

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.7 (#55), GLM-5.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.1
LMArena Vision1297—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.8 (#17), GLM-5.1: 55.2 (#34)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.1
LMArena Non-English14701448
LMArena Chinese15301516
LMArena French15011478
LMArena German14781466
LMArena Japanese14771436
LMArena Korean14351423
LMArena Russian14901453
LMArena Spanish14771467

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.2 (#27), GLM-5.1: 76.5 (#41)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.1
LMArena Instruction Following14671451

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#47), GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#51)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.1
LMArena Longer Query14751467

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.3 (#26), GLM-5.1: 67.2 (#29)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.1
LMArena Text14781462
LMArena Creative Writing14641454
EQ-Bench Creative Writing16041592
LMArena Multi-Turn14811473

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than GLM-5.1?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 47.6 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or GLM-5.1?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; GLM-5.1 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or GLM-5.1 better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.6 versus 48.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM-5.1 share?

33 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.1 has 41.

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