Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs GLM-5.3

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 54.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-5.3 costs 2.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 38 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

GLM-5.3 Z.ai (Zhipu)

54.8

Rank #26 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 38 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 5 categories and GLM-5.3 in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 46.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is DeepSWE: 11.7% for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and 69% for GLM-5.3.
  • GLM-5.3 is cheaper at $1.40 / $4.40 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $12 for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview.
  • Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
  • GLM-5.3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGLM-5.3
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index56.754.8
Released2026-02-192026-08-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$2$1.40
Output $ / M tokens$12$4.40
Results tracked7142

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGLM-5.3
DeepSWE11.7%69%
LMArena WebDev14471622
SciCode58.9%59%
WeirdML72.1%75.4%
LMArena Coding14841496
ALE-Bench1,1611,317
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
FrontierCode—40.1%
CursorBench—42.6%
FrontierSWE—30.2%
GSO22.6%—
MirrorCode8.9%—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34), GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGLM-5.3
APEX-Agents35.3%56.6%
Vending-Bench 23,7748,164
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
τ²-bench Banking26%—
DeepResearch Bench47.8%—
PostTrainBench22%—
BALROG57%—
ExploitBench26.1%—
GBAEval0.8%—
GDP.pdf17%—
LMArena Search1211—
METR Time Horizons77%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12), GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGLM-5.3
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%74.2%
CritPt17.7%19.1%
Chess Puzzles55%21%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851489
Mystery Game Puzzles34%33%
DTBench97.1%87.7%
LMCA53.8%55.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.77155.61
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
ARC-AGI-198%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
Bench to the Future 3—0.15
ForecastBench59—

Math Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34), GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGLM-5.3
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%68.8%
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%29.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%91.1%
ProofBench26%49%
LMArena Math14851489
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGLM-5.3
GPQA Diamond94.4%90.9%
SimpleQA Verified73.5%41%
LMArena Expert14851516
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69), GLM-5.3: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGLM-5.3
LMArena Vision1296—
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12), GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGLM-5.3
LMArena Non-English14771457
LMArena Chinese15291528
LMArena French14871499
LMArena German14911499
LMArena Japanese14931453
LMArena Korean14551472
LMArena Russian14981463
LMArena Spanish14791460

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGLM-5.3
LMArena Instruction Following14661477

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGLM-5.3
LMArena Longer Query14831482
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewGLM-5.3
LMArena Text14811471
LMArena Creative Writing14821457
EQ-Bench Creative Writing14912075
LMArena Multi-Turn14881472
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than GLM-5.3?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 54.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-5.3 costs 2.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 is cheaper. It lists at $1.40 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview lists at $2 and $12.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or GLM-5.3 better for coding?

GLM-5.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.5 versus 42.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and GLM-5.3 share?

38 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3 has 42.

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