Model comparison
Gemma 2B vs GLM-4.5
GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-4.5 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.5 leads 57.5 to 24.0.
Side by side
| Gemma 2B | GLM-4.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 42.0 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | 2025-07-27 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 98K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 23 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-4.5 leads
Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1434 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 54.2% |
| WeirdML | — | 40.6% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 344.82 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.52 |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |
Reasoning GLM-4.5 leads
Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275), GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 57.9% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math GLM-4.5 leads
Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1427 |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 8.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 11.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1433 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multilingual GLM-4.5 leads
Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1417 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1465 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1414 |
| LMArena French | — | 1418 |
| LMArena German | — | 1407 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1415 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1380 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1454 |
Instruction Following GLM-4.5 leads
Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | 1404 |
Long Context GLM-4.5 leads
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1412 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 58.3% |
Writing & Preference GLM-4.5 leads
Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | GLM-4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1430 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | 1395 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1415 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 73.4% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1343 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2B better than GLM-4.5?
GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2B 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 2B and GLM-4.5 share?
11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5 has 27.