# Gemini 4 Argon vs GLM-5.2

> Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 51.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-4-argon-vs-glm-5-2
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 8 categories and GLM-5.2 in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 55.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 99% for Gemini 4 Argon and 35% for GLM-5.2.
- GLM-5.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 56.5 | 51.1 |
| Rank | 24 | 44 |
| Context | — | 1M |
| Input $/M | — | $1.40 |
| Output $/M | — | $4.40 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9)
- GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1678 | 1603 |
| SciCode | 61.8% | 50.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1550 | 1485 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 78.7% |
| DeepSWE | — | 43.8% |
| FrontierCode | — | 24.5% |
| FrontierSWE | 55% | — |
| WeirdML | — | 70.1% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,047 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8)
- GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 82.2% | 45.2% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 13,718 | 8,314 |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 37.1% |
| PostTrainBench | — | 31.7% |
| GBAEval | — | 0% |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47)
- GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 27.1% | 20.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1548 | 1480 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 22.8% |
| SimpleBench | — | 58.8% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 62.6% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 77% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| EBR-Bench | — | 9.5% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| DTBench | — | 93.6% |
| LMCA | — | 45.8% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 55.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 151.78 |

## Math

- Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17)
- GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 99% | 35% |
| LMArena Math | 1536 | 1482 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 59.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 29.3% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 67.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.4% |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89)
- GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1553 | 1486 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 91.9% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 34.2% |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14)
- GLM-5.2: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 54.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1)
- GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1523 | 1459 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1610 | 1519 |
| LMArena Russian | 1537 | 1466 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1497 | 1477 |
| LMArena French | — | 1479 |
| LMArena German | — | 1468 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1445 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2)
- GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1538 | 1465 |

## Long Context

- Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15)
- GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1549 | 1479 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19)
- GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21)

| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1534 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1531 | 1462 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1557 | 1469 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1757 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1222 |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 4 Argon better than GLM-5.2?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 51.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemini 4 Argon or GLM-5.2 better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 51.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and GLM-5.2 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.2 has 51.