Noometry

Model comparison

Gemma 3 12B vs GLM-5.2

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 12B costs 29× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 12B Google

32.1

Rank #262 Confirmed

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 12B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.2 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5.2 leads 55.7 to 22.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 16.7% for Gemma 3 12B and 86.4% for GLM-5.2.
  • Gemma 3 12B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.2.
  • GLM-5.2 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Gemma 3 12BGLM-5.2
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index32.151.1
Released2025-03-122026-06-13
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K1M
Max output8K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.05$1.40
Output $ / M tokens$0.15$4.40
Results tracked2451

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280), GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-5.2
SciCode17.4%50.5%
LMArena Coding12811485
SWE-bench Verified—78.7%
DeepSWE—43.8%
FrontierCode—24.5%
LMArena WebDev—1603
WeirdML—70.1%
ALE-Bench—1,047

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.2 leads

Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108), GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-5.2
APEX-Agents—45.2%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard30.4%—
τ²-bench Banking—37.1%
PostTrainBench—31.7%
GBAEval—0%
Vending-Bench 2—8,314

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313), GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-5.2
CritPt0%20.9%
Chess Puzzles0%21%
LMArena Hard Prompts13091480
DTBench48.8%93.6%
LMCA4.5%45.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index123.5151.78
ARC-AGI-2—22.8%
SimpleBench—58.8%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—62.6%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.3%
ARC-AGI-1—77%
EBR-Bench—9.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
Surface Evolver Bench—55.6%

Math GLM-5.2 leads

Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279), GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-5.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202516.7%86.4%
LMArena Math13071482
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—59.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4—29.3%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—67.6%
ProofBench—35%

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257), GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-5.2
GPQA Diamond39.5%91.9%
LMArena Expert12481486
SimpleQA Verified—34.2%
Vectara Hallucination Rate4.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3 12B: —, GLM-5.2: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-5.2
MindCube46.7%—

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165), GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-5.2
LMArena Non-English13181459
LMArena German13701468
LMArena Russian13351466
LMArena Chinese—1519
LMArena French—1479
LMArena Japanese—1451
LMArena Korean—1445
LMArena Spanish—1477

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186), GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-5.2
LMArena Instruction Following12991465

Long Context GLM-5.2 leads

Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162), GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-5.2
LMArena Longer Query13171479

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209), GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21)

BenchmarkGemma 3 12BGLM-5.2
LMArena Text13341470
LMArena Creative Writing13311462
EQ-Bench Creative Writing11261757
LMArena Multi-Turn13341469
EQ-Bench 4—1222

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 12B better than GLM-5.2?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 32.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 12B costs 29× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 12B or GLM-5.2?

Gemma 3 12B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; GLM-5.2 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

Is Gemma 3 12B or GLM-5.2 better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-5.2 does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 12B and GLM-5.2 share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 12B has 24 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.2 has 51.

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