Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs GLM-5

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 46.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 27 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

GLM-5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

46.1

Rank #66 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 27 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and GLM-5 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 27.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 84.6% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 4.9% for GLM-5.
  • Both cost about the same: $0.75 input and $3.75 output per million tokens.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 205K.
  • GLM-5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index59.846.1
Released2026-08-132026-02-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M205K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$1
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$3.20
Results tracked4445

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), GLM-5: 49.0 (#52)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5
LMArena WebDev15921434
LMArena Coding14971461
ALE-Bench904.3765.62
SWE-bench Verified—72.1%
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—72.8%
SWE-bench Multilingual—69.7%
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
WeirdML—48.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), GLM-5: 31.1 (#71)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5
Terminal-Bench—52.4%
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
τ²-bench Airline—82.5%
τ²-bench Banking—9.8%
τ²-bench Retail—73.7%
τ²-bench Telecom—86.8%
GDP.pdf23.8%—
Vending-Bench 2—4,432

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), GLM-5: 27.6 (#116)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5
ARC-AGI-284.6%4.9%
NYT Connections (extended)94%74.8%
ARC-AGI-195.5%44.7%
Chess Puzzles47%10%
LMArena Hard Prompts14941452
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27145.83
SimpleBench—53.2%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—75%
CritPt14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LMCA50.4%—
ForecastBench—61

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), GLM-5: 46.4 (#71)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%80%
LMArena Math15071440
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—65.7%
ProofBench58%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—16.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—2.1%

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), GLM-5: 52.3 (#64)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5
GPQA Diamond94.8%87.8%
LMArena Expert15081454
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), GLM-5: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), GLM-5: 53.7 (#58)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5
LMArena Non-English14841430
LMArena Chinese15481511
LMArena French15051455
LMArena German14981445
LMArena Japanese15121416
LMArena Korean14831423
LMArena Russian15161436
LMArena Spanish15031454

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), GLM-5: 75.2 (#67)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5
LMArena Instruction Following14831428

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), GLM-5: 44.7 (#60)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5
LMArena Longer Query14921446
CL-bench—18.7%

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), GLM-5: 66.0 (#38)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5
LMArena Text14861446
LMArena Creative Writing14901439
EQ-Bench Creative Writing17231601
LMArena Multi-Turn14891456

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than GLM-5?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 46.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or GLM-5?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; GLM-5 lists at $1 and $3.20.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or GLM-5 better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 49.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and GLM-5 share?

27 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5 has 45.

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