Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs GLM-4.5
GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-4.5 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where GLM-4.5 leads 39.0 to 9.9.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | GLM-4.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 42.0 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2025-07-27 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 98K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-4.5 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | 1434 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 54.2% |
| WeirdML | — | 40.6% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 344.82 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.52 |
Reasoning GLM-4.5 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 57.9% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math GLM-4.5 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1427 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge GLM-4.5 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1433 |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 8.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 11.3% |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual GLM-4.5 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1417 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1465 |
| LMArena French | 1190 | 1418 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 1407 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | 1415 |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | 1380 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1414 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | 1454 |
Instruction Following GLM-4.5 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1404 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
Long Context GLM-4.5 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1412 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 58.3% |
Writing & Preference GLM-4.5 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1430 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1395 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | 1343 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1415 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 73.4% |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than GLM-4.5?
GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or GLM-4.5 better for coding?
GLM-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and GLM-4.5 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5 has 27.