# Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs GLM-5V-Turbo

> Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-3-flash-preview-vs-glm-5v-turbo
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher in 9 categories and GLM-5V-Turbo in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 49.2 to 28.5.
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview is cheaper at $0.50 / $3 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $4 for GLM-5V-Turbo.
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 200K.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 52.3 | 43.1 |
| Rank | 33 | 86 |
| Context | 1.05M | 200K |
| Input $/M | $0.50 | $1.20 |
| Output $/M | $3 | $4 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.5 (#35)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: 41.8 (#105)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1439 | 1400 |
| LMArena Coding | 1460 | 1467 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 75.4% | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 75.8% | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 72.7% | — |
| GSO | 9.8% | — |
| WeirdML | 61.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,367 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.6 (#27)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 64.3% | — |
| τ²-bench Airline | 82.5% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 27.3% | — |
| τ²-bench Retail | 76.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Telecom | 91.2% | — |
| DeepResearch Bench | 49.8% | — |
| BALROG | 48.1% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 10% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1198 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 3,635 | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#35)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: 28.5 (#87)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1465 | 1443 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 33.6% | — |
| SimpleBench | 61.1% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 83.1% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 84.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 40% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 26% | — |
| DTBench | 89.1% | — |
| LMCA | 43.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 151.83 | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.5 | — |

## Math

- Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.4 (#42)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: 36.6 (#109)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1472 | 1440 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 51.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 67.6% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 95.6% | — |
| ProofBench | 15% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 35.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 4.2% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#30)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.9 (#113)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1461 | 1451 |
| GPQA Diamond | 89.4% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.8% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 13.5% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.3 (#15)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.1 (#41)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1285 | 1264 |
| LMArena Document | 1413 | 1416 |
| GeoBench | 88% | — |
| VPCT | 72.6% | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 0% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.9 (#26)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.2 (#69)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1458 | 1420 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1510 | 1488 |
| LMArena French | 1478 | 1443 |
| LMArena German | 1497 | 1422 |
| LMArena Korean | 1443 | 1399 |
| LMArena Russian | 1480 | 1432 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1470 | 1446 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1488 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.8 (#52)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.1 (#75)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1437 | 1422 |

## Long Context

- Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#63)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#76)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1452 | 1439 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.6 (#44)
- GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.6 (#69)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM-5V-Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1466 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1457 | 1414 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1471 | 1432 |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than GLM-5V-Turbo?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GLM-5V-Turbo?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens; GLM-5V-Turbo lists at $1.20 and $4.

### Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GLM-5V-Turbo better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.5 versus 41.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and GLM-5V-Turbo share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5V-Turbo has 19.