Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs GLM-4.5V

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.5

Rank #133 Confirmed

GLM-4.5V Z.ai (Zhipu)

39.8

Rank #158 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 8 categories and GLM-4.5V in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 50.1 to 37.5.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $1.80 for GLM-4.5V.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 64K.
  • GLM-4.5V has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-4.5V
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index41.539.8
Released2026-07-212025-08-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M64K
Max output66K16K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$0.60
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$1.80
Results tracked3915

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), GLM-4.5V: 39.5 (#155)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-4.5V
LMArena Coding14531347
LMArena WebDev1440—
SciCode41.3%—
WeirdML39%—
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), GLM-4.5V: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-4.5V
APEX-Agents29.3%—
GDP.pdf10%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), GLM-4.5V: 27.4 (#119)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-4.5V
LMArena Hard Prompts14411334
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—59.8%
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%—
ARC-AGI-153.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles22%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench83.5%—
LMCA37.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.13—

Math GLM-4.5V leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), GLM-4.5V: 37.4 (#159)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-4.5V
LMArena Math14331354
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%—
ProofBench13%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), GLM-4.5V: 37.5 (#156)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-4.5V
LMArena Expert14351353
GPQA Diamond83.3%—

Multimodal Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), GLM-4.5V: 34.3 (#92)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-4.5V
LMArena Vision12681154

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), GLM-4.5V: 44.6 (#177)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-4.5V
LMArena Non-English14271303
LMArena Chinese14691337
LMArena Russian14431298
LMArena Spanish14421336
LMArena French1451—
LMArena German1454—
LMArena Japanese1427—
LMArena Korean1407—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), GLM-4.5V: 69.2 (#175)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-4.5V
LMArena Instruction Following14201311

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#171)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-4.5V
LMArena Longer Query14351304

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), GLM-4.5V: 52.5 (#170)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-4.5V
LMArena Text14351333
LMArena Creative Writing14201295
LMArena Multi-Turn14451332
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than GLM-4.5V?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or GLM-4.5V?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; GLM-4.5V lists at $0.60 and $1.80.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or GLM-4.5V better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 64K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and GLM-4.5V share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5V has 15.

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