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Model comparison

Gemma 2 27B vs GLM-5.3-Flash

GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.4

Rank #312 Confirmed

GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.8

Rank #41 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.3-Flash in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5.3-Flash leads 53.3 to 10.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.4% for Gemma 2 27B and 93.9% for GLM-5.3-Flash.
  • GLM-5.3-Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.65 / $0.65 for Gemma 2 27B.
  • GLM-5.3-Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 8K.

Side by side

Gemma 2 27BGLM-5.3-Flash
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index29.451.8
Released2024-06-242026-08-20
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window8K1M
Max output2K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.65$0.15
Output $ / M tokens$0.65$0.50
Results tracked3440

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.1 (#31)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena Coding12111508
DeepSWE—63.4%
FrontierCode—31.8%
CursorBench—36.8%
LMArena WebDev—1609
FrontierSWE—18.1%
SciCode—51.6%
BigCodeBench Instruct42.8%—
LiveBench Coding36%—
BigCodeBench Complete52.5%—
ALE-Bench—303.55

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 27B: —, GLM-5.3-Flash: 34.2 (#47)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGLM-5.3-Flash
APEX-Agents—52.8%
GDP.pdf—14%

Reasoning GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), GLM-5.3-Flash: 48.0 (#42)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena Hard Prompts11981491
Epoch Capabilities Index122.08151.88
ARC-AGI-2—65.8%
ARC-AGI-1—91%
CritPt—15.4%
Chess Puzzles—14%
LiveBench Reasoning28.1%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—8%
DTBench48%—
LiveBench Data Analysis47.9%—
LMCA7.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench—52.5%
Bench to the Future 3—0.15
LiveBench38.2%—

Math GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.3 (#47)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGLM-5.3-Flash
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.4%93.9%
LMArena Math12121500
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—55.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4—17.1%
ProofBench—21%
LiveBench Math26.5%—
MATH Level 527.9%—

Knowledge GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), GLM-5.3-Flash: 58.4 (#36)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGLM-5.3-Flash
GPQA Diamond36.5%90.2%
LMArena Expert11721513
Confabulations27.1%—
MMLU75.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2 27B: —, GLM-5.3-Flash: 42.8 (#27)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena Vision—1296

Multilingual GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), GLM-5.3-Flash: 56.0 (#25)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena Non-English12171462
LMArena Chinese12211527
LMArena French12471496
LMArena German12091470
LMArena Japanese11751429
LMArena Korean11741446
LMArena Russian12341469
LMArena Spanish12281471

Instruction Following GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), GLM-5.3-Flash: 77.5 (#20)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena Instruction Following12061478
LiveBench Instruction Following58.1%—

Long Context GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), GLM-5.3-Flash: 45.4 (#39)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena Longer Query12311482

Writing & Preference GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), GLM-5.3-Flash: 65.3 (#50)

BenchmarkGemma 2 27BGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena Text12311471
LMArena Creative Writing12411442
LMArena Multi-Turn12241467
LiveBench Language32.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 27B better than GLM-5.3-Flash?

GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 2 27B or GLM-5.3-Flash?

GLM-5.3-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; Gemma 2 27B lists at $0.65 and $0.65.

Is Gemma 2 27B or GLM-5.3-Flash better for coding?

GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.1 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-5.3-Flash does, with 1M tokens against 8K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and GLM-5.3-Flash share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3-Flash has 40.

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