Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs GLM-5.1

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 47.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

GLM-5.1 Z.ai (Zhipu)

47.8

Rank #59 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 8 categories and GLM-5.1 in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 49.2 to 24.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 99% for Gemini 4 Argon and 22.2% for GLM-5.1.
  • GLM-5.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.1
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index56.547.8
Released2026-09-302026-04-07
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—200K
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.40
Output $ / M tokens—$4.40
Results tracked2141

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), GLM-5.1: 48.7 (#55)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.1
LMArena WebDev16781508
SciCode61.8%43.8%
LMArena Coding15501485
SWE-bench Verified—74.2%
FrontierSWE55%—
WeirdML—57.1%
ALE-Bench—887.1

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), GLM-5.1: 24.9 (#113)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.1
APEX-Agents82.2%40.9%
Vending-Bench 213,7185,634
ExploitBench—18.1%
GBAEval—0%

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), GLM-5.1: 39.1 (#60)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.1
CritPt27.1%4.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts15481472
SimpleBench—55.1%
NYT Connections (extended)—77.7%
Chess Puzzles—19%
Thematic Generalization—69.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.84

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), GLM-5.1: 49.7 (#60)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.1
ProofBench99%22.2%
LMArena Math15361473
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—36.8%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—67.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—93.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—33.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—12.5%

Knowledge GLM-5.1 leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), GLM-5.1: 54.9 (#50)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.1
LMArena Expert15531476
GPQA Diamond—89.9%
SimpleQA Verified—34%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), GLM-5.1: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.1
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), GLM-5.1: 55.0 (#36)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.1
LMArena Non-English15231447
LMArena Chinese16101515
LMArena Russian15371454
LMArena Spanish14971469
LMArena French—1474
LMArena German—1465
LMArena Japanese—1434
LMArena Korean—1418

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), GLM-5.1: 76.3 (#42)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.1
LMArena Instruction Following15381451

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), GLM-5.1: 44.9 (#53)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.1
LMArena Longer Query15491466

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), GLM-5.1: 66.9 (#31)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.1
LMArena Text15341461
LMArena Creative Writing15311453
LMArena Multi-Turn15571472
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1592

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than GLM-5.1?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 47.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or GLM-5.1 better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 48.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and GLM-5.1 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.1 has 41.

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