Model comparison

Gemini 3 Deep Think vs GLM-5.2

GLM-5.2 has enough public results to be ranked (#38); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Deep Think Google

58.5

Unranked Sparse

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

50.9

Rank #38 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Deep Think scores higher in 1 category and GLM-5.2 in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Deep Think leads 70.8 to 42.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 84.6% for Gemini 3 Deep Think and 22.8% for GLM-5.2.
  • GLM-5.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Deep Think and GLM-5.2 specifications
Gemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.2
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index58.550.9
Released2026-02-122026-06-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.40
Output $ / M tokens—$4.40
Results tracked350

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.2: 50.9 (#37)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.2
SWE-bench Verified—78.7%
DeepSWE—43.8%
FrontierCode—24.5%
LMArena WebDev—1604
SciCode—50.5%
WeirdML—70.1%
LMArena Coding—1484
ALE-Bench—1,047

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.2: 31.6 (#63)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.2
τ²-bench Banking—37.1%
PostTrainBench—31.7%
GBAEval—0%
Vending-Bench 2—8,314

Reasoning Gemini 3 Deep Think leads

Gemini 3 Deep Think: 70.8 (#11), GLM-5.2: 42.1 (#46)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.2
ARC-AGI-284.6%22.8%
ARC-AGI-196%77%
CritPt25.7%20.9%
SimpleBench—58.8%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—62.6%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.3%
Chess Puzzles—21%
EBR-Bench—9.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1480
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
DTBench—93.6%
LMCA—45.8%
Surface Evolver Bench—55.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—151.76

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.2: 55.4 (#35)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.2
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—59.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4—29.3%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—67.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—86.4%
ProofBench—35%
LMArena Math—1482

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#36)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.2
GPQA Diamond—91.9%
SimpleQA Verified—34.2%
LMArena Expert—1484

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.2: 56.0 (#25)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.2
LMArena Non-English—1459
LMArena Chinese—1518
LMArena French—1476
LMArena German—1470
LMArena Japanese—1451
LMArena Korean—1445
LMArena Russian—1467
LMArena Spanish—1477

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.2: 77.1 (#32)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.2
LMArena Instruction Following—1465

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.2
LMArena Longer Query—1479

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.2: 70.7 (#20)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.2
LMArena Text—1470
LMArena Creative Writing—1465
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1757
EQ-Bench 4—1222
LMArena Multi-Turn—1468

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Deep Think better than GLM-5.2?

GLM-5.2 has enough public results to be ranked (#38); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Deep Think and GLM-5.2 share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Deep Think has 3 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.2 has 50.

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