Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs GLM-5.3

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs 2.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 35 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.5

Rank #133 Confirmed

GLM-5.3 Z.ai (Zhipu)

54.8

Rank #26 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 35 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.3 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5.3 leads 62.3 to 25.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 26% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 68.8% for GLM-5.3.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.3.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
  • GLM-5.3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index41.554.8
Released2026-07-212026-08-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$1.40
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$4.40
Results tracked3942

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3
LMArena WebDev14401622
SciCode41.3%59%
WeirdML39%75.4%
LMArena Coding14531496
ALE-Bench765.271,317
DeepSWE—69%
FrontierCode—40.1%
CursorBench—42.6%
FrontierSWE—30.2%

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3
APEX-Agents29.3%56.6%
GDP.pdf10%—
Vending-Bench 2—8,164

Reasoning GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%74.2%
CritPt0%19.1%
Chess Puzzles22%21%
LMArena Hard Prompts14411489
Mystery Game Puzzles19%33%
DTBench83.5%87.7%
LMCA37.6%55.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index145.13155.61
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
ARC-AGI-153.5%—
Bench to the Future 3—0.15

Math GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%68.8%
FrontierMath Tier 40%29.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%91.1%
ProofBench13%49%
LMArena Math14331489

Knowledge GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3
GPQA Diamond83.3%90.9%
LMArena Expert14351516
SimpleQA Verified—41%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), GLM-5.3: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3
LMArena Vision1268—

Multilingual GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3
LMArena Non-English14271457
LMArena Chinese14691528
LMArena French14511499
LMArena German14541499
LMArena Japanese14271453
LMArena Korean14071472
LMArena Russian14431463
LMArena Spanish14421460

Instruction Following GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3
LMArena Instruction Following14201477

Long Context GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3
LMArena Longer Query14351482

Writing & Preference GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3
LMArena Text14351471
LMArena Creative Writing14201457
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15592075
LMArena Multi-Turn14451472

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite costs 2.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or GLM-5.3?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; GLM-5.3 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or GLM-5.3 better for coding?

GLM-5.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.5 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and GLM-5.3 share?

35 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3 has 42.

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