Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GLM-5.2

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 51.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 41 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 41 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 5 categories and GLM-5.2 in 4 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 42.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 60.4% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 22.8% for GLM-5.2.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.2.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
  • GLM-5.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.2
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index54.151.1
Released2026-07-212026-06-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$1.40
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$4.40
Results tracked4651

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.2
DeepSWE46.7%43.8%
FrontierCode34.4%24.5%
LMArena WebDev15381603
SciCode52.7%50.5%
WeirdML56.1%70.1%
LMArena Coding14911485
ALE-Bench715.521,047
SWE-bench Verified—78.7%

Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.2
APEX-Agents46.9%45.2%
τ²-bench Banking—37.1%
PostTrainBench—31.7%
GBAEval—0%
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 2—8,314

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.2
ARC-AGI-260.4%22.8%
NYT Connections (extended)89%74.3%
ARC-AGI-191.2%77%
CritPt10.6%20.9%
Chess Puzzles43%21%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851480
Mystery Game Puzzles30%19%
DTBench95.5%93.6%
LMCA44.9%45.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25151.78
SimpleBench—58.8%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—62.6%
EBR-Bench—9.5%
Surface Evolver Bench—55.6%

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.2
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%59.2%
FrontierMath Tier 422%29.3%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%67.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%86.4%
ProofBench36%35%
LMArena Math15051482

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.2
GPQA Diamond94.1%91.9%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%34.2%
LMArena Expert14881486

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), GLM-5.2: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.2
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.2
LMArena Non-English14691459
LMArena Chinese15311519
LMArena French15041479
LMArena German14781468
LMArena Japanese14761451
LMArena Korean14311445
LMArena Russian14871466
LMArena Spanish14751477

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.2
LMArena Instruction Following14661465

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.2
LMArena Longer Query14741479

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM-5.2
LMArena Text14791470
LMArena Creative Writing14651462
EQ-Bench Creative Writing16041757
LMArena Multi-Turn14811469
EQ-Bench 4—1222

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than GLM-5.2?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 51.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or GLM-5.2?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; GLM-5.2 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or GLM-5.2 better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 50.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.6 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM-5.2 share?

41 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.2 has 51.

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