Noometry

Model comparison

Gemma 2 9B vs GLM-5

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 9B Google

25.9

Rank #341 Confirmed

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

46.1

Rank #66 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5 leads 52.3 to 9.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 0.6% for Gemma 2 9B and 80% for GLM-5.

Side by side

Gemma 2 9BGLM-5
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index25.946.1
Released2024-06-242026-02-11
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—205K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1
Output $ / M tokens—$3.20
Results tracked3545

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), GLM-5: 49.0 (#52)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-5
LMArena Coding11731461
SWE-bench Verified—72.1%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—72.8%
LMArena WebDev—1434
SWE-bench Multilingual—69.7%
WeirdML—48.2%
BigCodeBench Instruct34.7%—
LiveBench Coding22.5%—
BigCodeBench Complete40.6%—
ALE-Bench—765.62

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 9B: —, GLM-5: 31.1 (#71)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-5
Terminal-Bench—52.4%
τ²-bench Airline—82.5%
τ²-bench Banking—9.8%
τ²-bench Retail—73.7%
τ²-bench Telecom—86.8%
Vending-Bench 2—4,432

Reasoning GLM-5 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), GLM-5: 27.6 (#116)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-5
LMArena Hard Prompts11711452
Epoch Capabilities Index119.83145.83
ARC-AGI-2—4.9%
SimpleBench—53.2%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—75%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.8%
ARC-AGI-1—44.7%
Chess Puzzles—10%
LiveBench Reasoning15.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis36.4%—
ForecastBench—61
LiveBench28.7%—
PIQA83.7%—

Math GLM-5 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), GLM-5: 46.4 (#71)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250.6%80%
LMArena Math11831440
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—65.7%
LiveBench Math19.8%—
MATH Level 521%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—16.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—2.1%
GSM8K84.9%—

Knowledge GLM-5 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), GLM-5: 52.3 (#64)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-5
GPQA Diamond27.5%87.8%
LMArena Expert11471454
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.1%
BoolQ85.7%—
MMLU72.1%—

Multilingual GLM-5 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), GLM-5: 53.7 (#58)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-5
LMArena Non-English11881430
LMArena Chinese11851511
LMArena French11901455
LMArena German11861445
LMArena Japanese11441416
LMArena Korean11371423
LMArena Russian12001436
LMArena Spanish12001454

Instruction Following GLM-5 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), GLM-5: 75.2 (#67)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-5
LMArena Instruction Following11781428
LiveBench Instruction Following52.6%—

Long Context GLM-5 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), GLM-5: 44.7 (#60)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-5
LMArena Longer Query11971446
CL-bench—18.7%

Writing & Preference GLM-5 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), GLM-5: 66.0 (#38)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-5
LMArena Text12071446
LMArena Creative Writing12061439
EQ-Bench Creative Writing8411601
LMArena Multi-Turn11931456
LiveBench Language25.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 9B better than GLM-5?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 9B or GLM-5 better for coding?

GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and GLM-5 share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5 has 45.

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