Model comparison

Gemma 2 9B vs GLM-4.5V

GLM-4.5V is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 9B Google

25.9

Rank #341 Confirmed

GLM-4.5V Z.ai (Zhipu)

39.8

Rank #158 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-4.5V in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-4.5V leads 37.5 to 9.7.

Side by side

Gemma 2 9B and GLM-4.5V specifications
Gemma 2 9BGLM-4.5V
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index25.939.8
Released2024-06-242025-08-11
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—64K
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.60
Output $ / M tokens—$1.80
Results tracked3515

Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry

Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5V leads

Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), GLM-4.5V: 39.5 (#155)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-4.5V
LMArena Coding11731347
BigCodeBench Instruct34.7%—
LiveBench Coding22.5%—
BigCodeBench Complete40.6%—

Reasoning GLM-4.5V leads

Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), GLM-4.5V: 27.4 (#119)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-4.5V
LMArena Hard Prompts11711334
Kagi LLM Benchmark—59.8%
LiveBench Reasoning15.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis36.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index119.83—
LiveBench28.7%—
PIQA83.7%—

Math GLM-4.5V leads

Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), GLM-4.5V: 37.4 (#159)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-4.5V
LMArena Math11831354
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250.6%—
LiveBench Math19.8%—
MATH Level 521%—
GSM8K84.9%—

Knowledge GLM-4.5V leads

Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), GLM-4.5V: 37.5 (#156)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-4.5V
LMArena Expert11471353
GPQA Diamond27.5%—
BoolQ85.7%—
MMLU72.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2 9B: —, GLM-4.5V: 34.3 (#92)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-4.5V
LMArena Vision—1154

Multilingual GLM-4.5V leads

Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), GLM-4.5V: 44.6 (#177)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-4.5V
LMArena Non-English11881303
LMArena Chinese11851337
LMArena Russian12001298
LMArena Spanish12001336
LMArena French1190—
LMArena German1186—
LMArena Japanese1144—
LMArena Korean1137—

Instruction Following GLM-4.5V leads

Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), GLM-4.5V: 69.2 (#175)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-4.5V
LMArena Instruction Following11781311
LiveBench Instruction Following52.6%—

Long Context GLM-4.5V leads

Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#171)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-4.5V
LMArena Longer Query11971304

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5V leads

Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), GLM-4.5V: 52.5 (#170)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-4.5V
LMArena Text12071333
LMArena Creative Writing12061295
LMArena Multi-Turn11931332
EQ-Bench Creative Writing841—
LiveBench Language25.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 9B better than GLM-4.5V?

GLM-4.5V is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 9B or GLM-4.5V better for coding?

GLM-4.5V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and GLM-4.5V share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5V has 15.

Related comparisons

Go deeper