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Gemma 3 4B vs GLM-5V-Turbo

GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 38× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5V-Turbo's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 4B Google

27.9

Rank #320 Confirmed

GLM-5V-Turbo Z.ai (Zhipu)

43.1

Rank #86 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5V-Turbo in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5V-Turbo leads 39.9 to 11.8.
  • Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $4 for GLM-5V-Turbo.
  • GLM-5V-Turbo accepts more context: 200K tokens versus 131K.
  • Gemma 3 4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3 4BGLM-5V-Turbo
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index27.943.1
Released2025-03-122026-04-01
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K200K
Max output4K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.04$1.20
Output $ / M tokens$0.08$4
Results tracked2219

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5V-Turbo leads

Gemma 3 4B: 35.3 (#214), GLM-5V-Turbo: 41.8 (#105)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Coding12301467
LMArena WebDev—1400

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 20.7 (#134), GLM-5V-Turbo: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGLM-5V-Turbo
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard19.6%—

Reasoning GLM-5V-Turbo leads

Gemma 3 4B: 12.7 (#330), GLM-5V-Turbo: 28.5 (#87)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Hard Prompts12531443
Kagi LLM Benchmark25.2%—
Chess Puzzles0%—
DTBench50.9%—
LMCA2.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index116.02—

Math GLM-5V-Turbo leads

Gemma 3 4B: 15.8 (#286), GLM-5V-Turbo: 36.6 (#109)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Math12391440
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20257.5%—

Knowledge GLM-5V-Turbo leads

Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#294), GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.9 (#113)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Expert12231451
GPQA Diamond23.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: —, GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.1 (#41)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Vision—1264
LMArena Document—1416

Multilingual GLM-5V-Turbo leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.7 (#189), GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.2 (#69)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Non-English12731420
LMArena German12811422
LMArena Russian12941432
LMArena Chinese—1488
LMArena French—1443
LMArena Korean—1399
LMArena Spanish—1446

Instruction Following GLM-5V-Turbo leads

Gemma 3 4B: 65.4 (#219), GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.1 (#75)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following12391422

Long Context GLM-5V-Turbo leads

Gemma 3 4B: 38.6 (#189), GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#76)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Longer Query12741439

Writing & Preference GLM-5V-Turbo leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.2 (#234), GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.6 (#69)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BGLM-5V-Turbo
LMArena Text12911437
LMArena Creative Writing12701414
LMArena Multi-Turn12551432
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1068—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 4B better than GLM-5V-Turbo?

GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 38× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5V-Turbo's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B or GLM-5V-Turbo?

Gemma 3 4B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; GLM-5V-Turbo lists at $1.20 and $4.

Is Gemma 3 4B or GLM-5V-Turbo better for coding?

GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 35.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-5V-Turbo does, with 200K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 4B and GLM-5V-Turbo share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5V-Turbo has 19.

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