Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs GLM-4.5

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

29.3

Rank #313 Confirmed

GLM-4.5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #122 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-4.5 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.5 leads 57.5 to 25.1.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 2b IT and GLM-4.5 specifications
Gemma 1.1 2b ITGLM-4.5
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index29.342.0
Released—2025-07-27
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—131K
Max output—98K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.60
Output $ / M tokens—$2.20
Results tracked1627

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299), GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGLM-4.5
LMArena Coding10341434
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—54.2%
WeirdML—40.6%
ALE-Bench—344.82
AlgoTune—1.52
HumanEval+17.7%—
MBPP+23.3%—

Reasoning GLM-4.5 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270), GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGLM-4.5
LMArena Hard Prompts10051429
Kagi LLM Benchmark—57.9%

Math GLM-4.5 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232), GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGLM-4.5
LMArena Math10471427

Knowledge GLM-4.5 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258), GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGLM-4.5
LMArena Expert9701433
Humanity's Last Exam—8.3%
Confabulations—11.3%

Multilingual GLM-4.5 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289), GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGLM-4.5
LMArena Non-English9881417
LMArena Chinese10121465
LMArena German9441407
LMArena Korean8991380
LMArena Russian9901414
LMArena French—1418
LMArena Japanese—1415
LMArena Spanish—1454

Instruction Following GLM-4.5 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299), GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGLM-4.5
LMArena Instruction Following9921404

Long Context GLM-4.5 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286), GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGLM-4.5
LMArena Longer Query10031412
Fiction.LiveBench—58.3%

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306), GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITGLM-4.5
LMArena Text10221430
LMArena Creative Writing9981395
LMArena Multi-Turn9591415
Short-Story Creative Writing—73.4%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1343

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than GLM-4.5?

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or GLM-4.5 better for coding?

GLM-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and GLM-4.5 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5 has 27.

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