Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs GLM-5.3-Flash

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 51.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.8

Rank #41 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 8 categories and GLM-5.3-Flash in 2 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 53.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 99% for Gemini 4 Argon and 21% for GLM-5.3-Flash.
  • GLM-5.3-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3-Flash
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index56.551.8
Released2026-09-302026-08-20
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.15
Output $ / M tokens—$0.50
Results tracked2140

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.1 (#31)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena WebDev16781609
FrontierSWE55%18.1%
SciCode61.8%51.6%
LMArena Coding15501508
DeepSWE—63.4%
FrontierCode—31.8%
CursorBench—36.8%
ALE-Bench—303.55

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), GLM-5.3-Flash: 34.2 (#47)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3-Flash
APEX-Agents82.2%52.8%
GDP.pdf—14%
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), GLM-5.3-Flash: 48.0 (#42)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3-Flash
CritPt27.1%15.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts15481491
ARC-AGI-2—65.8%
ARC-AGI-1—91%
Chess Puzzles—14%
Mystery Game Puzzles—8%
Surface Evolver Bench—52.5%
Bench to the Future 3—0.15
Epoch Capabilities Index—151.88

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.3 (#47)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3-Flash
ProofBench99%21%
LMArena Math15361500
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—55.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4—17.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—93.9%

Knowledge GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), GLM-5.3-Flash: 58.4 (#36)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena Expert15531513
GPQA Diamond—90.2%

Multimodal Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), GLM-5.3-Flash: 42.8 (#27)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena Vision—1296
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), GLM-5.3-Flash: 56.0 (#25)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena Non-English15231462
LMArena Chinese16101527
LMArena Russian15371469
LMArena Spanish14971471
LMArena French—1496
LMArena German—1470
LMArena Japanese—1429
LMArena Korean—1446

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), GLM-5.3-Flash: 77.5 (#20)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena Instruction Following15381478

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), GLM-5.3-Flash: 45.4 (#39)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena Longer Query15491482

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), GLM-5.3-Flash: 65.3 (#50)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena Text15341471
LMArena Creative Writing15311442
LMArena Multi-Turn15571467

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than GLM-5.3-Flash?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 51.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or GLM-5.3-Flash better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 53.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and GLM-5.3-Flash share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3-Flash has 40.

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