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Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs GLM-5.3-Flash

GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.6 to 41.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 31 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.8

Rank #113 Confirmed

GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

49.6

Rank #45 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 31 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.3-Flash in 10 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5.3-Flash leads 53.1 to 25.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 26% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 55.8% for GLM-5.3-Flash.
  • GLM-5.3-Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
  • GLM-5.3-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3-Flash
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index41.849.6
Released2026-07-212026-08-20
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M1M
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$0.15
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$0.50
Results tracked3836

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.1 (#96), GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.7 (#26)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena WebDev14401614
SciCode41.3%51.6%
LMArena Coding14551506
ALE-Bench765.27303.55
DeepSWE—63.4%
FrontierCode—31.8%
WeirdML39%—

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 28.6 (#82), GLM-5.3-Flash: 34.3 (#41)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3-Flash
GDP.pdf10%14%
APEX-Agents—52.8%

Reasoning GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#95), GLM-5.3-Flash: 31.7 (#69)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3-Flash
CritPt0%15.4%
Chess Puzzles22%14%
LMArena Hard Prompts14411490
Mystery Game Puzzles19%8%
Epoch Capabilities Index145.12151.9
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%—
ARC-AGI-153.5%—
DTBench83.5%—
LMCA37.6%—
Surface Evolver Bench—52.5%
Bench to the Future 3—0.15

Math GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#245), GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.1 (#38)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3-Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%55.8%
FrontierMath Tier 40%17.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%93.9%
ProofBench13%21%
LMArena Math14311499

Knowledge GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.0 (#66), GLM-5.3-Flash: 58.4 (#33)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3-Flash
GPQA Diamond83.3%90.2%
LMArena Expert14301512

Multimodal GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 40.3 (#38), GLM-5.3-Flash: 42.6 (#25)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena Vision12661304

Multilingual GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.8 (#59), GLM-5.3-Flash: 56.2 (#24)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena Non-English14281462
LMArena Chinese14671529
LMArena French14521495
LMArena German14541457
LMArena Japanese14281420
LMArena Korean14061443
LMArena Russian14431472
LMArena Spanish14401471

Instruction Following GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 75.0 (#77), GLM-5.3-Flash: 77.8 (#17)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena Instruction Following14201480

Long Context GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.8 (#80), GLM-5.3-Flash: 45.3 (#41)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena Longer Query14351479

Writing & Preference GLM-5.3-Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.4 (#55), GLM-5.3-Flash: 65.4 (#49)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5.3-Flash
LMArena Text14361471
LMArena Creative Writing14191440
LMArena Multi-Turn14451471
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than GLM-5.3-Flash?

GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.6 to 41.8 on the Noometry Index.

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

GLM-5.3-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

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

GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.7 versus 42.1 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-Flash share?

31 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3-Flash has 36.

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