Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs GLM-5.2

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B

Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Summary

They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.2 in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.2 leads 57.1 to 7.0.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.1% for Gemma 3 1B and 86.4% for GLM-5.2.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and GLM-5.2 specifications
	Gemma 3 1B	GLM-5.2
Provider	Google	Z.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index	21.1	51.1
Released	2025-03-12	2026-06-13
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	—	1M
Max output	—	131K
Input $ / M tokens	—	$1.40
Output $ / M tokens	—	$4.40
Results tracked	4	51

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	GLM-5.2
SWE-bench Verified	—	78.7%
DeepSWE	—	43.8%
FrontierCode	—	24.5%
LMArena WebDev	—	1603
SciCode	—	50.5%
WeirdML	—	70.1%
LMArena Coding	—	1485
ALE-Bench	—	1,047

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.2 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	GLM-5.2
APEX-Agents	—	45.2%
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	7.2%	—
τ²-bench Banking	—	37.1%
PostTrainBench	—	31.7%
GBAEval	—	0%
Vending-Bench 2	—	8,314

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	GLM-5.2
Chess Puzzles	0%	21%
ARC-AGI-2	—	22.8%
SimpleBench	—	58.8%
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	62.6%
NYT Connections (extended)	—	74.3%
ARC-AGI-1	—	77%
CritPt	—	20.9%
EBR-Bench	—	9.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1480
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	19%
DTBench	—	93.6%
LMCA	—	45.8%
Surface Evolver Bench	—	55.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	151.78

Math GLM-5.2 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	GLM-5.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	1.1%	86.4%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	—	59.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4	—	29.3%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions	—	67.6%
ProofBench	—	35%
LMArena Math	—	1482

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	GLM-5.2
GPQA Diamond	19.9%	91.9%
SimpleQA Verified	—	34.2%
LMArena Expert	—	1486

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	GLM-5.2
LMArena Non-English	—	1459
LMArena Chinese	—	1519
LMArena French	—	1479
LMArena German	—	1468
LMArena Japanese	—	1451
LMArena Korean	—	1445
LMArena Russian	—	1466
LMArena Spanish	—	1477

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	GLM-5.2
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1465

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	GLM-5.2
LMArena Longer Query	—	1479

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	GLM-5.2
LMArena Text	—	1470
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1462
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	—	1757
EQ-Bench 4	—	1222
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1469

Frequently asked questions

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