Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs GLM-4.5V

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 39.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #33 Confirmed

GLM-4.5V Z.ai (Zhipu)

39.2

Rank #158 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher in 9 categories and GLM-4.5V in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 49.2 to 26.5.
  • GLM-4.5V is cheaper at $0.60 / $1.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview.
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 64K.
  • GLM-4.5V has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash Preview and GLM-4.5V specifications
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.5V
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index52.339.2
Released2025-12-172025-08-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M64K
Max output66K16K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$3$1.80
Results tracked5915

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.5 (#35), GLM-4.5V: 38.9 (#152)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.5V
LMArena Coding14601347
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.6 (#27), GLM-4.5V: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.5V
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#35), GLM-4.5V: 26.5 (#118)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.5V
LMArena Hard Prompts14651335
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—59.8%
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA43.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.83—
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.4 (#42), GLM-4.5V: 34.7 (#157)

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#30), GLM-4.5V: 36.8 (#155)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.5V
LMArena Expert14611353
GPQA Diamond89.4%—
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—

Multimodal Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.3 (#15), GLM-4.5V: 33.6 (#86)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.5V
LMArena Vision12851154
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.9 (#26), GLM-4.5V: 44.9 (#172)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.5V
LMArena Non-English14581304
LMArena Chinese15101338
LMArena Russian14801299
LMArena Spanish14701335
LMArena French1478—
LMArena German1497—
LMArena Japanese1488—
LMArena Korean1443—

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.8 (#52), GLM-4.5V: 69.4 (#170)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.5V
LMArena Instruction Following14371311

Long Context Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#63), GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#166)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.5V
LMArena Longer Query14521305

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.6 (#44), GLM-4.5V: 52.7 (#162)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewGLM-4.5V
LMArena Text14661333
LMArena Creative Writing14571295
LMArena Multi-Turn14711333

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than GLM-4.5V?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 39.2 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GLM-4.5V?

GLM-4.5V is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $1.80 per million output tokens; Gemini 3 Flash Preview lists at $0.50 and $3.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GLM-4.5V better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.5 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 64K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and GLM-4.5V share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5V has 15.

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