Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs GLM-5.3

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 54.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

GLM-5.3 Z.ai (Zhipu)

54.8

Rank #26 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 6 categories and GLM-5.3 in 3 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.3 leads 58.3 to 43.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 99% for Gemini 4 Argon and 49% for GLM-5.3.
  • GLM-5.3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index56.554.8
Released2026-09-302026-08-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.40
Output $ / M tokens—$4.40
Results tracked2142

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3
LMArena WebDev16781622
FrontierSWE55%30.2%
SciCode61.8%59%
LMArena Coding15501496
DeepSWE—69%
FrontierCode—40.1%
CursorBench—42.6%
WeirdML—75.4%
ALE-Bench—1,317

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3
APEX-Agents82.2%56.6%
Vending-Bench 213,7188,164

Reasoning GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3
CritPt27.1%19.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts15481489
NYT Connections (extended)—74.2%
Chess Puzzles—21%
Mystery Game Puzzles—33%
DTBench—87.7%
LMCA—55.5%
Bench to the Future 3—0.15
Epoch Capabilities Index—155.61

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3
ProofBench99%49%
LMArena Math15361489
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—68.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4—29.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—91.1%

Knowledge GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3
LMArena Expert15531516
GPQA Diamond—90.9%
SimpleQA Verified—41%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), GLM-5.3: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3
LMArena Non-English15231457
LMArena Chinese16101528
LMArena Russian15371463
LMArena Spanish14971460
LMArena French—1499
LMArena German—1499
LMArena Japanese—1453
LMArena Korean—1472

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3
LMArena Instruction Following15381477

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3
LMArena Longer Query15491482

Writing & Preference GLM-5.3 leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3
LMArena Text15341471
LMArena Creative Writing15311457
LMArena Multi-Turn15571472
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—2075

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than GLM-5.3?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 54.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or GLM-5.3 better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 59.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and GLM-5.3 share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3 has 42.

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