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Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs GLM-5.1

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

GLM-5.1 Z.ai (Zhipu)

47.8

Rank #59 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.1 in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.1 leads 54.9 to 7.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.1% for Gemma 3 1B and 93.3% for GLM-5.1.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1BGLM-5.1
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index21.147.8
Released2025-03-122026-04-07
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—200K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.40
Output $ / M tokens—$4.40
Results tracked441

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, GLM-5.1: 48.7 (#55)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGLM-5.1
SWE-bench Verified—74.2%
LMArena WebDev—1508
SciCode—43.8%
WeirdML—57.1%
LMArena Coding—1485
ALE-Bench—887.1

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.1 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), GLM-5.1: 24.9 (#113)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGLM-5.1
APEX-Agents—40.9%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard7.2%—
ExploitBench—18.1%
GBAEval—0%
Vending-Bench 2—5,634

Reasoning GLM-5.1 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), GLM-5.1: 39.1 (#60)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGLM-5.1
Chess Puzzles0%19%
SimpleBench—55.1%
NYT Connections (extended)—77.7%
CritPt—4.6%
Thematic Generalization—69.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1472
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.84

Math GLM-5.1 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), GLM-5.1: 49.7 (#60)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGLM-5.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%93.3%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—36.8%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—67.1%
ProofBench—22.2%
LMArena Math—1473
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—33.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—12.5%

Knowledge GLM-5.1 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), GLM-5.1: 54.9 (#50)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGLM-5.1
GPQA Diamond19.9%89.9%
SimpleQA Verified—34%
LMArena Expert—1476

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#36)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGLM-5.1
LMArena Non-English—1447
LMArena Chinese—1515
LMArena French—1474
LMArena German—1465
LMArena Japanese—1434
LMArena Korean—1418
LMArena Russian—1454
LMArena Spanish—1469

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, GLM-5.1: 76.3 (#42)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGLM-5.1
LMArena Instruction Following—1451

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#53)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGLM-5.1
LMArena Longer Query—1466

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, GLM-5.1: 66.9 (#31)

BenchmarkGemma 3 1BGLM-5.1
LMArena Text—1461
LMArena Creative Writing—1453
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1592
LMArena Multi-Turn—1472

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 1B better than GLM-5.1?

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and GLM-5.1 share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.1 has 41.

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