Model comparison
Gemini 4 Argon vs GLM-4.5-Air
Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 8 categories and GLM-4.5-Air in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 36.2.
- GLM-4.5-Air has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-4.5-Air | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | |
| Noometry Index | 56.5 | 38.9 |
| Released | 2026-09-30 | 2025-07-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 98K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.10 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), GLM-4.5-Air: 33.3 (#259)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1550 | 1397 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1678 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 55% | — |
| SciCode | 61.8% | — |
| GSO | — | 2.9% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), GLM-4.5-Air: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 82.2% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 13,718 | — |
Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), GLM-4.5-Air: 24.1 (#166)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1548 | 1379 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 43% |
| CritPt | 27.1% | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 59.2 |
Math Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), GLM-4.5-Air: 36.2 (#170)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1536 | 1396 |
| ProofBench | 99% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 39.1% |
Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), GLM-4.5-Air: 35.0 (#191)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1553 | 1370 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 8.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 76.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 59.4% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), GLM-4.5-Air: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 54.4% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), GLM-4.5-Air: 49.1 (#135)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1523 | 1366 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1610 | 1426 |
| LMArena Russian | 1537 | 1373 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1497 | 1386 |
| LMArena French | — | 1399 |
| LMArena German | — | 1377 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1348 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1308 |
Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), GLM-4.5-Air: 69.6 (#171)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1538 | 1354 |
| IFEval | — | 81.2% |
Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), GLM-4.5-Air: 41.6 (#135)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1549 | 1366 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads
Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), GLM-4.5-Air: 55.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-4.5-Air |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1534 | 1384 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1531 | 1343 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1557 | 1371 |
| WildBench | — | 78.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 4 Argon better than GLM-4.5-Air?
Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 4 Argon or GLM-4.5-Air better for coding?
Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and GLM-4.5-Air share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5-Air has 27.