Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs GLM-5.3

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) Google

35.1

Rank #228 Confirmed

GLM-5.3 Z.ai (Zhipu)

54.8

Rank #26 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.3 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where GLM-5.3 leads 59.5 to 28.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 25.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 75.4% for GLM-5.3.
  • GLM-5.3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and GLM-5.3 specifications
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.3
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index35.154.8
Released2024-12-062026-08-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.40
Output $ / M tokens—$4.40
Results tracked5442

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.3
WeirdML25.8%75.4%
LMArena Coding13501496
DeepSWE—69%
FrontierCode—40.1%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)13.5%—
Aider Polyglot38.2%—
CursorBench—42.6%
LMArena WebDev—1622
FrontierSWE—30.2%
SciCode—59%
BigCodeBench Instruct45.9%—
LiveBench Coding63.4%—
BigCodeBench Complete59.9%—
CadEval30%—
ALE-Bench—1,317

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.3
APEX-Agents—56.6%
TheAgentCompany11.4%—
Vending-Bench 2—8,164

Reasoning GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.3
LMArena Hard Prompts13461489
DTBench63.2%87.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index135.36155.61
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench31.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)—74.2%
CritPt—19.1%
Chess Puzzles—21%
EnigmaEval1.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning78.2%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—33%
LiveBench Data Analysis69.4%—
LMCA—55.5%
Bench to the Future 3—0.15
LiveBench66.9%—

Math GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202557.8%91.1%
LMArena Math13521489
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—68.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4—29.3%
ProofBench—49%
Omni-MATH45.9%—
LiveBench Math75.8%—
MATH Level 582.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.3
GPQA Diamond64.1%90.9%
LMArena Expert13391516
Humanity's Last Exam6.6%—
SimpleQA Verified—41%
MMLU-Pro73.7%—
Confabulations12.4%—
GPQA (HELM)55.6%—
MMLU79.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), GLM-5.3: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.3
LMArena Vision1158—
GeoBench77%—

Multilingual GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.3
LMArena Non-English13421457
LMArena Chinese13731528
LMArena French13911499
LMArena German13531499
LMArena Japanese12941453
LMArena Korean13131472
LMArena Russian13511463
LMArena Spanish13631460

Instruction Following GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.3
LMArena Instruction Following13361477
LiveBench Instruction Following85.8%—
IFEval84.1%—

Long Context GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.3
LMArena Longer Query13441482
Fiction.LiveBench61.1%—

Writing & Preference GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)GLM-5.3
LMArena Text13541471
LMArena Creative Writing13401457
EQ-Bench Creative Writing11282075
LMArena Multi-Turn13501472
Short-Story Creative Writing73.8%—
WildBench80%—
LiveBench Language51.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 35.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or GLM-5.3 better for coding?

GLM-5.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.5 versus 28.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and GLM-5.3 share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3 has 42.

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