Noometry

Model comparison

Gemma 3 12B vs GLM-4.5

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 12B costs 13× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 12B Google

32.1

Rank #262 Confirmed

GLM-4.5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #122 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 12B scores higher in 1 category and GLM-4.5 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-4.5 leads 39.0 to 22.3.
  • Gemma 3 12B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.20 for GLM-4.5.

Side by side

Gemma 3 12BGLM-4.5
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index32.142.0
Released2025-03-122025-07-27
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K131K
Max output8K98K
Input $ / M tokens$0.05$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$0.15$2.20
Results tracked2427

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5 leads

Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280), GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-4.5
LMArena Coding12811434
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—54.2%
SciCode17.4%—
WeirdML—40.6%
ALE-Bench—344.82
AlgoTune—1.52

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108), GLM-4.5: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-4.5
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard30.4%—

Reasoning GLM-4.5 leads

Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313), GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-4.5
LMArena Hard Prompts13091429
Kagi LLM Benchmark—57.9%
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles0%—
DTBench48.8%—
LMCA4.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index123.5—

Math GLM-4.5 leads

Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279), GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-4.5
LMArena Math13071427
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202516.7%—

Knowledge GLM-4.5 leads

Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257), GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-4.5
LMArena Expert12481433
GPQA Diamond39.5%—
Humanity's Last Exam—8.3%
Confabulations—11.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate4.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: —, GLM-4.5: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-4.5
MindCube46.7%—

Multilingual GLM-4.5 leads

Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165), GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-4.5
LMArena Non-English13181417
LMArena German13701407
LMArena Russian13351414
LMArena Chinese—1465
LMArena French—1418
LMArena Japanese—1415
LMArena Korean—1380
LMArena Spanish—1454

Instruction Following GLM-4.5 leads

Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186), GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-4.5
LMArena Instruction Following12991404

Long Context Gemma 3 12B leads

Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162), GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-4.5
LMArena Longer Query13171412
Fiction.LiveBench—58.3%

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5 leads

Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209), GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-4.5
LMArena Text13341430
LMArena Creative Writing13311395
EQ-Bench Creative Writing11261343
LMArena Multi-Turn13341415
Short-Story Creative Writing—73.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 12B better than GLM-4.5?

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.0 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 12B costs 13× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-4.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 12B or GLM-4.5?

Gemma 3 12B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; GLM-4.5 lists at $0.60 and $2.20.

Is Gemma 3 12B or GLM-4.5 better for coding?

GLM-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 131K tokens.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 12B and GLM-4.5 share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 12B has 24 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5 has 27.

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