Noometry

Model comparison

Gemma 2 9B vs GLM-5.3

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 9B Google

25.9

Rank #341 Confirmed

GLM-5.3 Z.ai (Zhipu)

54.8

Rank #26 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5.3 leads 62.3 to 9.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 0.6% for Gemma 2 9B and 91.1% for GLM-5.3.

Side by side

Gemma 2 9BGLM-5.3
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index25.954.8
Released2024-06-242026-08-14
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.40
Output $ / M tokens—$4.40
Results tracked3542

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.3 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-5.3
LMArena Coding11731496
DeepSWE—69%
FrontierCode—40.1%
CursorBench—42.6%
LMArena WebDev—1622
FrontierSWE—30.2%
SciCode—59%
WeirdML—75.4%
BigCodeBench Instruct34.7%—
LiveBench Coding22.5%—
BigCodeBench Complete40.6%—
ALE-Bench—1,317

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 9B: —, GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-5.3
APEX-Agents—56.6%
Vending-Bench 2—8,164

Reasoning GLM-5.3 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-5.3
LMArena Hard Prompts11711489
Epoch Capabilities Index119.83155.61
NYT Connections (extended)—74.2%
CritPt—19.1%
Chess Puzzles—21%
LiveBench Reasoning15.2%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—33%
DTBench—87.7%
LiveBench Data Analysis36.4%—
LMCA—55.5%
Bench to the Future 3—0.15
LiveBench28.7%—
PIQA83.7%—

Math GLM-5.3 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-5.3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250.6%91.1%
LMArena Math11831489
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—68.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4—29.3%
ProofBench—49%
LiveBench Math19.8%—
MATH Level 521%—
GSM8K84.9%—

Knowledge GLM-5.3 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-5.3
GPQA Diamond27.5%90.9%
LMArena Expert11471516
SimpleQA Verified—41%
BoolQ85.7%—
MMLU72.1%—

Multilingual GLM-5.3 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-5.3
LMArena Non-English11881457
LMArena Chinese11851528
LMArena French11901499
LMArena German11861499
LMArena Japanese11441453
LMArena Korean11371472
LMArena Russian12001463
LMArena Spanish12001460

Instruction Following GLM-5.3 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-5.3
LMArena Instruction Following11781477
LiveBench Instruction Following52.6%—

Long Context GLM-5.3 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-5.3
LMArena Longer Query11971482

Writing & Preference GLM-5.3 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-5.3
LMArena Text12071471
LMArena Creative Writing12061457
EQ-Bench Creative Writing8412075
LMArena Multi-Turn11931472
LiveBench Language25.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 9B better than GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 9B or GLM-5.3 better for coding?

GLM-5.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.5 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and GLM-5.3 share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3 has 42.

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