Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs GLM-4.5

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

GLM-4.5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #122 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 8 categories and GLM-4.5 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 39.0.
  • GLM-4.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 Argon and GLM-4.5 specifications
Gemini 4 ArgonGLM-4.5
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index56.542.0
Released2026-09-302025-07-27
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—98K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.60
Output $ / M tokens—$2.20
Results tracked2127

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-4.5
LMArena Coding15501434
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—54.2%
LMArena WebDev1678—
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—
WeirdML—40.6%
ALE-Bench—344.82
AlgoTune—1.52

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), GLM-4.5: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-4.5
APEX-Agents82.2%—
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-4.5
LMArena Hard Prompts15481429
Kagi LLM Benchmark—57.9%
CritPt27.1%—

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-4.5
LMArena Math15361427
ProofBench99%—

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-4.5
LMArena Expert15531433
Humanity's Last Exam—8.3%
Confabulations—11.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), GLM-4.5: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-4.5
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-4.5
LMArena Non-English15231417
LMArena Chinese16101465
LMArena Russian15371414
LMArena Spanish14971454
LMArena French—1418
LMArena German—1407
LMArena Japanese—1415
LMArena Korean—1380

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-4.5
LMArena Instruction Following15381404

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-4.5
LMArena Longer Query15491412
Fiction.LiveBench—58.3%

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-4.5
LMArena Text15341430
LMArena Creative Writing15311395
LMArena Multi-Turn15571415
Short-Story Creative Writing—73.4%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1343

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than GLM-4.5?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or GLM-4.5 better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 41.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and GLM-4.5 share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5 has 27.

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