Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs GLM-4.6

GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

GLM-4.6 Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.4

Rank #135 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-4.6 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.6 leads 61.1 to 36.5.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and GLM-4.6 specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITGLM-4.6
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index33.141.4
Released—2025-09-30
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.60
Output $ / M tokens—$2.20
Results tracked1729

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.6 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), GLM-4.6: 40.1 (#148)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGLM-4.6
LMArena Coding11121449
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—55.4%
LMArena WebDev—1340
SciCode—38.4%
ALE-Bench—340.82

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: —, GLM-4.6: 32.3 (#66)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGLM-4.6
Terminal-Bench—24.5%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—72.4%

Reasoning GLM-4.6 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), GLM-4.6: 23.7 (#172)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGLM-4.6
LMArena Hard Prompts11131440
Kagi LLM Benchmark—47.4%
CritPt—1.1%

Math GLM-4.6 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), GLM-4.6: 39.1 (#111)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGLM-4.6
LMArena Math11351432
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—3.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—2.1%

Knowledge GLM-4.6 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), GLM-4.6: 40.2 (#124)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGLM-4.6
LMArena Expert10961431
Vectara Hallucination Rate—9.5%

Multilingual GLM-4.6 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), GLM-4.6: 53.5 (#66)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGLM-4.6
LMArena Non-English11211426
LMArena Chinese11321499
LMArena French11571459
LMArena German11141447
LMArena Japanese10831393
LMArena Korean10551400
LMArena Russian11181419
LMArena Spanish11401436

Instruction Following GLM-4.6 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), GLM-4.6: 74.3 (#98)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGLM-4.6
LMArena Instruction Following11181410

Long Context GLM-4.6 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), GLM-4.6: 43.4 (#94)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGLM-4.6
LMArena Longer Query11301422

Writing & Preference GLM-4.6 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), GLM-4.6: 61.1 (#90)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITGLM-4.6
LMArena Text11561440
LMArena Creative Writing11471411
LMArena Multi-Turn11181427
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1411

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than GLM-4.6?

GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 2b IT or GLM-4.6 better for coding?

GLM-4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and GLM-4.6 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.6 has 29.

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