Model comparison

Gemini 3 Deep Think vs GLM-5.1

GLM-5.1 has enough public results to be ranked (#59); 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-5.1 Z.ai (Zhipu)

47.8

Rank #59 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 3 Deep Think scores higher in 1 category and GLM-5.1 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 39.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 25.7% for Gemini 3 Deep Think and 4.6% for GLM-5.1.
  • GLM-5.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Deep Think and GLM-5.1 specifications
Gemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.1
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index58.347.8
Released2026-02-122026-04-07
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—200K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.40
Output $ / M tokens—$4.40
Results tracked341

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.1: 48.7 (#55)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.1
SWE-bench Verified—74.2%
LMArena WebDev—1508
SciCode—43.8%
WeirdML—57.1%
LMArena Coding—1485
ALE-Bench—887.1

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.1: 24.9 (#113)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.1
APEX-Agents—40.9%
ExploitBench—18.1%
GBAEval—0%
Vending-Bench 2—5,634

Reasoning Gemini 3 Deep Think leads

Gemini 3 Deep Think: 70.2 (#14), GLM-5.1: 39.1 (#60)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.1
CritPt25.7%4.6%
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
SimpleBench—55.1%
NYT Connections (extended)—77.7%
ARC-AGI-196%—
Chess Puzzles—19%
Thematic Generalization—69.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1472
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.84

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.1: 49.7 (#60)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.1
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—36.8%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—67.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—93.3%
ProofBench—22.2%
LMArena Math—1473
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—33.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—12.5%

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.1: 54.9 (#50)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.1
GPQA Diamond—89.9%
SimpleQA Verified—34%
LMArena Expert—1476

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#36)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.1
LMArena Non-English—1447
LMArena Chinese—1515
LMArena French—1474
LMArena German—1465
LMArena Japanese—1434
LMArena Korean—1418
LMArena Russian—1454
LMArena Spanish—1469

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.1: 76.3 (#42)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.1
LMArena Instruction Following—1451

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#53)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.1
LMArena Longer Query—1466

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.1: 66.9 (#31)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.1
LMArena Text—1461
LMArena Creative Writing—1453
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1592
LMArena Multi-Turn—1472

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Deep Think better than GLM-5.1?

GLM-5.1 has enough public results to be ranked (#59); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Deep Think and GLM-5.1 share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 3 Deep Think has 3 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.1 has 41.

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