Model comparison

Gemma 3n E4b IT vs GLM-5.1

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3n E4b IT Google

37.3

Rank #206 Confirmed

GLM-5.1 Z.ai (Zhipu)

47.8

Rank #59 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.1 leads 54.9 to 34.2.

Side by side

Gemma 3n E4b IT and GLM-5.1 specifications
Gemma 3n E4b ITGLM-5.1
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index37.347.8
Released—2026-04-07
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—200K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.40
Output $ / M tokens—$4.40
Results tracked1841

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.1 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198), GLM-5.1: 48.7 (#55)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGLM-5.1
LMArena Coding12681485
SWE-bench Verified—74.2%
LMArena WebDev—1508
SciCode—43.8%
WeirdML—57.1%
ALE-Bench—887.1

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: —, GLM-5.1: 24.9 (#113)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGLM-5.1
APEX-Agents—40.9%
ExploitBench—18.1%
GBAEval—0%
Vending-Bench 2—5,634

Reasoning GLM-5.1 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247), GLM-5.1: 39.1 (#60)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGLM-5.1
LMArena Hard Prompts12841472
SimpleBench—55.1%
Kagi LLM Benchmark31.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)—77.7%
CritPt—4.6%
Chess Puzzles—19%
Thematic Generalization—69.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.84

Math GLM-5.1 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188), GLM-5.1: 49.7 (#60)

Knowledge GLM-5.1 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198), GLM-5.1: 54.9 (#50)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGLM-5.1
LMArena Expert12461476
GPQA Diamond—89.9%
SimpleQA Verified—34%

Multilingual GLM-5.1 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183), GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#36)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGLM-5.1
LMArena Non-English12851447
LMArena Chinese13091515
LMArena French13301474
LMArena German13111465
LMArena Japanese12721434
LMArena Korean12591418
LMArena Russian12881454
LMArena Spanish13051469

Instruction Following GLM-5.1 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210), GLM-5.1: 76.3 (#42)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGLM-5.1
LMArena Instruction Following12551451

Long Context GLM-5.1 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191), GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#53)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGLM-5.1
LMArena Longer Query12761466

Writing & Preference GLM-5.1 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186), GLM-5.1: 66.9 (#31)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITGLM-5.1
LMArena Text13061461
LMArena Creative Writing12871453
LMArena Multi-Turn12761472
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1592

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT better than GLM-5.1?

GLM-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.8 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT or GLM-5.1 better for coding?

GLM-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3n E4b IT and GLM-5.1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.1 has 41.

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