Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs GLM-5.3

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

GLM-5.3 Z.ai (Zhipu)

54.8

Rank #26 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5.3 leads 62.3 to 34.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 52.5% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and 87.7% for GLM-5.3.
  • GLM-5.3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.3
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index37.854.8
Released2025-02-052026-08-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.40
Output $ / M tokens—$4.40
Results tracked3242

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.3
LMArena Coding13221496
DeepSWE—69%
FrontierCode—40.1%
CursorBench—42.6%
LMArena WebDev—1622
FrontierSWE—30.2%
SciCode—59%
WeirdML—75.4%
LiveBench Coding47.1%—
ALE-Bench—1,317

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: —, GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.3
APEX-Agents—56.6%
Vending-Bench 2—8,164

Reasoning GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.3
LMArena Hard Prompts13241489
DTBench52.5%87.7%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.2%
CritPt—19.1%
Chess Puzzles—21%
LiveBench Reasoning50.1%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—33%
LiveBench Data Analysis65.5%—
LMCA—55.5%
Bench to the Future 3—0.15
Epoch Capabilities Index—155.61
ForecastBench57.1—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.3
LMArena Math13091489
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—68.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4—29.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—91.1%
ProofBench—49%
Omni-MATH37.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—

Knowledge GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.3
LMArena Expert13051516
GPQA Diamond—90.9%
SimpleQA Verified—41%
MMLU-Pro72%—
GPQA (HELM)50%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), GLM-5.3: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.3
LMArena Vision1100—

Multilingual GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.3
LMArena Non-English13231457
LMArena Chinese13391528
LMArena French13471499
LMArena German13061499
LMArena Japanese13011453
LMArena Korean13251472
LMArena Russian13281463
LMArena Spanish13131460

Instruction Following GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.3
LMArena Instruction Following13051477
LiveBench Instruction Following78.3%—
IFEval82.4%—

Long Context GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.3
LMArena Longer Query13201482

Writing & Preference GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGLM-5.3
LMArena Text13301471
LMArena Creative Writing13191457
LMArena Multi-Turn13071472
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—2075
WildBench79%—
LiveBench Language34.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or GLM-5.3 better for coding?

GLM-5.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.5 versus 37.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and GLM-5.3 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3 has 42.

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