Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs GLM-5.2

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 51.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 8 categories and GLM-5.2 in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 55.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 99% for Gemini 4 Argon and 35% for GLM-5.2.
  • GLM-5.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.2
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index56.551.1
Released2026-09-302026-06-13
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.40
Output $ / M tokens—$4.40
Results tracked2151

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.2
LMArena WebDev16781603
SciCode61.8%50.5%
LMArena Coding15501485
SWE-bench Verified—78.7%
DeepSWE—43.8%
FrontierCode—24.5%
FrontierSWE55%—
WeirdML—70.1%
ALE-Bench—1,047

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.2
APEX-Agents82.2%45.2%
Vending-Bench 213,7188,314
τ²-bench Banking—37.1%
PostTrainBench—31.7%
GBAEval—0%

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.2
CritPt27.1%20.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts15481480
ARC-AGI-2—22.8%
SimpleBench—58.8%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—62.6%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.3%
ARC-AGI-1—77%
Chess Puzzles—21%
EBR-Bench—9.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
DTBench—93.6%
LMCA—45.8%
Surface Evolver Bench—55.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—151.78

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.2
ProofBench99%35%
LMArena Math15361482
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—59.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4—29.3%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—67.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—86.4%

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.2
LMArena Expert15531486
GPQA Diamond—91.9%
SimpleQA Verified—34.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), GLM-5.2: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.2
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.2
LMArena Non-English15231459
LMArena Chinese16101519
LMArena Russian15371466
LMArena Spanish14971477
LMArena French—1479
LMArena German—1468
LMArena Japanese—1451
LMArena Korean—1445

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.2
LMArena Instruction Following15381465

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.2
LMArena Longer Query15491479

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.2
LMArena Text15341470
LMArena Creative Writing15311462
LMArena Multi-Turn15571469
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1757
EQ-Bench 4—1222

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than GLM-5.2?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 51.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or GLM-5.2 better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 51.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and GLM-5.2 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.2 has 51.

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