Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs GLM-5.1

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 47.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 31 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

GLM-5.1 Z.ai (Zhipu)

47.8

Rank #59 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 31 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and GLM-5.1 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 39.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 58% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 22.2% for GLM-5.1.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.1.
  • Gemini 3.7 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 3.7 Flash and GLM-5.1 specifications
Gemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index59.847.8
Released2026-08-132026-04-07
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M200K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$1.40
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$4.40
Results tracked4441

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), GLM-5.1: 48.7 (#55)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
LMArena WebDev15921508
SciCode59.8%43.8%
LMArena Coding14971485
ALE-Bench904.3887.1
SWE-bench Verified—74.2%
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
WeirdML—57.1%

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), GLM-5.1: 24.9 (#113)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
APEX-Agents67.8%40.9%
Remote Labor Index5%—
ExploitBench—18.1%
GBAEval—0%
GDP.pdf23.8%—
Vending-Bench 2—5,634

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), GLM-5.1: 39.1 (#60)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
NYT Connections (extended)94%77.7%
CritPt14.3%4.6%
Chess Puzzles47%19%
LMArena Hard Prompts14941472
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27149.84
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
SimpleBench—55.1%
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
Thematic Generalization—69.8%
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LMCA50.4%—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), GLM-5.1: 49.7 (#60)

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), GLM-5.1: 54.9 (#50)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
GPQA Diamond94.8%89.9%
SimpleQA Verified69.2%34%
LMArena Expert15081476

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), GLM-5.1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#36)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
LMArena Non-English14841447
LMArena Chinese15481515
LMArena French15051474
LMArena German14981465
LMArena Japanese15121434
LMArena Korean14831418
LMArena Russian15161454
LMArena Spanish15031469

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), GLM-5.1: 76.3 (#42)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
LMArena Instruction Following14831451

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#53)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
LMArena Longer Query14921466

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), GLM-5.1: 66.9 (#31)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
LMArena Text14861461
LMArena Creative Writing14901453
EQ-Bench Creative Writing17231592
LMArena Multi-Turn14891472

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than GLM-5.1?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 47.8 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or GLM-5.1?

Gemini 3.7 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 3.7 Flash or GLM-5.1 better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 48.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and GLM-5.1 share?

31 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.1 has 41.

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