Model comparison
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs GLM-4.6
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and GLM-4.6 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.8 vs 41.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 2 categories and GLM-4.6 in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 67.2% for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and 47.4% for GLM-4.6.
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.25 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.20 for GLM-4.6.
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.
- GLM-4.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | GLM-4.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | |
| Noometry Index | 40.8 | 41.4 |
| Released | 2026-03-03 | 2025-09-30 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 205K |
| Max output | 66K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | $0.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 38 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-4.6 leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188), GLM-4.6: 40.1 (#148)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1256 | 1340 |
| SciCode | 41.9% | 38.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1400 | 1449 |
| ALE-Bench | 797.73 | 340.82 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| WeirdML | 52.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use GLM-4.6 leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79), GLM-4.6: 32.3 (#66)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 24.5% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 72.4% |
| DeepResearch Bench | 37.3% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186), GLM-4.6: 23.7 (#172)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 67.2% | 47.4% |
| CritPt | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1407 | 1440 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 8.2% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 25% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 3% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 63.3% | — |
| DTBench | 76.8% | — |
| LMCA | 35% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.47 | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.4 | — |
Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90), GLM-4.6: 39.1 (#111)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1428 | 1432 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 27.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 80% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 3.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |
Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104), GLM-4.6: 40.2 (#124)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.2% | 9.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1398 | 1431 |
| GPQA Diamond | 81.8% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 8.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60), GLM-4.6: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1240 | — |
Multilingual GLM-4.6 leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86), GLM-4.6: 53.5 (#66)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1411 | 1426 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1461 | 1499 |
| LMArena French | 1424 | 1459 |
| LMArena German | 1429 | 1447 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1413 | 1393 |
| LMArena Korean | 1392 | 1400 |
| LMArena Russian | 1420 | 1419 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1421 | 1436 |
Instruction Following GLM-4.6 leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131), GLM-4.6: 74.3 (#98)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1377 | 1410 |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122), GLM-4.6: 43.4 (#94)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1394 | 1422 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94), GLM-4.6: 61.1 (#90)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | GLM-4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1416 | 1440 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1401 | 1411 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1417 | 1427 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1411 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than GLM-4.6?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and GLM-4.6 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.8 vs 41.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or GLM-4.6?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; GLM-4.6 lists at $0.60 and $2.20.
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or GLM-4.6 better for coding?
GLM-4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and GLM-4.6 share?
23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.6 has 29.