Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs GLM-5

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 46.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

46.1

Rank #66 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 8 categories and GLM-5 in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 46.4.
  • GLM-5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonGLM-5
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index56.546.1
Released2026-09-302026-02-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1
Output $ / M tokens—$3.20
Results tracked2145

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), GLM-5: 49.0 (#52)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5
LMArena WebDev16781434
LMArena Coding15501461
SWE-bench Verified—72.1%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—72.8%
SWE-bench Multilingual—69.7%
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—
WeirdML—48.2%
ALE-Bench—765.62

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), GLM-5: 31.1 (#71)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5
Vending-Bench 213,7184,432
Terminal-Bench—52.4%
APEX-Agents82.2%—
τ²-bench Airline—82.5%
τ²-bench Banking—9.8%
τ²-bench Retail—73.7%
τ²-bench Telecom—86.8%

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), GLM-5: 27.6 (#116)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5
LMArena Hard Prompts15481452
ARC-AGI-2—4.9%
SimpleBench—53.2%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—75%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.8%
ARC-AGI-1—44.7%
CritPt27.1%—
Chess Puzzles—10%
Epoch Capabilities Index—145.83
ForecastBench—61

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), GLM-5: 46.4 (#71)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5
LMArena Math15361440
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—65.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—80%
ProofBench99%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—16.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—2.1%

Knowledge GLM-5 leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), GLM-5: 52.3 (#64)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5
LMArena Expert15531454
GPQA Diamond—87.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), GLM-5: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), GLM-5: 53.7 (#58)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5
LMArena Non-English15231430
LMArena Chinese16101511
LMArena Russian15371436
LMArena Spanish14971454
LMArena French—1455
LMArena German—1445
LMArena Japanese—1416
LMArena Korean—1423

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), GLM-5: 75.2 (#67)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5
LMArena Instruction Following15381428

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), GLM-5: 44.7 (#60)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5
LMArena Longer Query15491446
CL-bench—18.7%

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), GLM-5: 66.0 (#38)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5
LMArena Text15341446
LMArena Creative Writing15311439
LMArena Multi-Turn15571456
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1601

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than GLM-5?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 46.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or GLM-5 better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 49.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and GLM-5 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5 has 45.

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