Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs GLM-5.1

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 47.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 31 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

GLM-5.1 Z.ai (Zhipu)

47.6

Rank #51 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 31 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and GLM-5.1 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.1 to 38.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 58% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 22.2% for GLM-5.1.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.1.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 200K.
  • GLM-5.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 Flash and GLM-5.1 specifications
Gemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index59.847.6
Released2026-08-132026-04-07
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M200K
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$1.40
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$4.40
Results tracked4441

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 55.7 (#19), GLM-5.1: 48.5 (#52)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
LMArena WebDev15931509
SciCode59.8%43.8%
LMArena Coding14991486
ALE-Bench904.3887.1
SWE-bench Verified—74.2%
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
WeirdML—57.1%

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.2 (#18), GLM-5.1: 24.8 (#106)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
APEX-Agents67.8%40.9%
Remote Labor Index5%—
ExploitBench—18.1%
GBAEval—0%
GDP.pdf23.8%—
Vending-Bench 2—5,634

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.1 (#12), GLM-5.1: 38.2 (#57)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
NYT Connections (extended)94%77.7%
CritPt14.3%4.6%
Chess Puzzles47%19%
LMArena Hard Prompts14971472
Epoch Capabilities Index157.72149.86
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
SimpleBench—55.1%
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
Thematic Generalization—69.8%
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LMCA50.4%—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.5 (#18), GLM-5.1: 49.0 (#48)

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.8 (#4), GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#45)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
GPQA Diamond94.8%89.9%
SimpleQA Verified69.2%34%
LMArena Expert15081477

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 36.9 (#69), GLM-5.1: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
LMArena Vision1314—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.8 (#7), GLM-5.1: 55.2 (#34)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
LMArena Non-English14851448
LMArena Chinese15531516
LMArena French15121478
LMArena German14851466
LMArena Japanese15061436
LMArena Korean14861423
LMArena Russian15191453
LMArena Spanish15071467

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 78.0 (#12), GLM-5.1: 76.5 (#41)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
LMArena Instruction Following14861451

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.8 (#28), GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#51)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
LMArena Longer Query14931467

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.4 (#19), GLM-5.1: 67.2 (#29)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashGLM-5.1
LMArena Text14871462
LMArena Creative Writing14901454
EQ-Bench Creative Writing17231592
LMArena Multi-Turn14951473

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than GLM-5.1?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 47.6 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or GLM-5.1?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; GLM-5.1 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or GLM-5.1 better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.7 versus 48.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and GLM-5.1 share?

31 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.1 has 41.

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