Model comparison

Gemini 3 Deep Think vs GLM-4.6

GLM-4.6 has enough public results to be ranked (#135); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Deep Think Google

58.3

Unranked Sparse

GLM-4.6 Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.4

Rank #135 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 3 Deep Think scores higher in 1 category and GLM-4.6 in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Deep Think leads 70.2 to 23.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 25.7% for Gemini 3 Deep Think and 1.1% for GLM-4.6.
  • GLM-4.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Deep Think and GLM-4.6 specifications
Gemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-4.6
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index58.341.4
Released2026-02-122025-09-30
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.60
Output $ / M tokens—$2.20
Results tracked329

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-4.6: 40.1 (#148)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-4.6
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—55.4%
LMArena WebDev—1340
SciCode—38.4%
LMArena Coding—1449
ALE-Bench—340.82

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-4.6: 32.3 (#66)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-4.6
Terminal-Bench—24.5%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—72.4%

Reasoning Gemini 3 Deep Think leads

Gemini 3 Deep Think: 70.2 (#14), GLM-4.6: 23.7 (#172)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-4.6
CritPt25.7%1.1%
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—47.4%
ARC-AGI-196%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1440

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-4.6: 39.1 (#111)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-4.6
LMArena Math—1432
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—3.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—2.1%

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-4.6: 40.2 (#124)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-4.6
Vectara Hallucination Rate—9.5%
LMArena Expert—1431

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-4.6: 53.5 (#66)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-4.6
LMArena Non-English—1426
LMArena Chinese—1499
LMArena French—1459
LMArena German—1447
LMArena Japanese—1393
LMArena Korean—1400
LMArena Russian—1419
LMArena Spanish—1436

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-4.6: 74.3 (#98)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-4.6
LMArena Instruction Following—1410

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-4.6: 43.4 (#94)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-4.6
LMArena Longer Query—1422

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-4.6: 61.1 (#90)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-4.6
LMArena Text—1440
LMArena Creative Writing—1411
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1411
LMArena Multi-Turn—1427

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Deep Think better than GLM-4.6?

GLM-4.6 has enough public results to be ranked (#135); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Deep Think and GLM-4.6 share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 3 Deep Think has 3 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.6 has 29.

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