Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) vs GLM 5.2
Updated October 21, 2026. 0 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $2.50
- Coding
- 61.1
- Overall
- 33.7
- Output $/M
- $4.40
Decision reading
Only GLM 5.2 has a coding score, 61.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) has the edge where output tokens cost 1.8x less.
- Shared results
- 0
- Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) only
- 3
- GLM 5.2 only
- 97
- Like-for-like categories
- 0 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only GLM 5.2 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only GLM 5.2 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 33.7.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only GLM 5.2 has a AA Agentic Index result, 38.4.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only GLM 5.2 has a GPQA Diamond result, 85.6%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only GLM 5.2 has a MMLU Pro result, 86.7%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only GLM 5.2 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1285.
Directional only
Image generation
Design Arena: images
No call
Only Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) has a Design Arena: images result, 1179.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
GLM 5.2
GLM 5.2 takes 1.05M tokens against 33K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) $0.0015, GLM 5.2 $0.0036 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only GLM 5.2 has the number, $0.86.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) not benchmarked, GLM 5.2 61.1 from 4 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- No category has a result for both models.
- Widest single gap
- No benchmark has a result for both models.
- Output price
- Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) $2.50 against GLM 5.2 $4.40 per million output tokens, 1.8x apart.
- Context window
- Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) takes 33K tokens, GLM 5.2 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index18 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | GLM 5.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1604 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 68.8 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 69.5% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 82.8% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 64.0% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 37.9% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.5% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.8% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 45.1% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 51.2% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 50.8% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 24.5% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 70.1% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1047.0 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1487 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1486 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1617 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1565 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | GLM 5.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 33.7 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 151.9 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index17 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | GLM 5.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 38.4 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1222 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1241 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1160 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1184 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1142 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1206 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1175 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1195 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 49.7% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 31.3% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 61.5% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 99.1% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 45.2% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| PostTrainBench | Not measured | 31.7% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $8,314 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index13 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | GLM 5.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 85.6% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 89.5% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 41.1% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 91.9% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 77.0% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 22.8% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 58.8% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 22.0% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 19.0% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| EBR-bench | Not measured | 9.5% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1481 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1487 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1481 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | GLM 5.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 86.4% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 59.2% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 29.3% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 35.0% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1483 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1489 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | GLM 5.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 86.7% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 84.1% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.1% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 73.3% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 40.8% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 34.2% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1489 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1475 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1486 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1451 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | GLM 5.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1285 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1296 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1268 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1285 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1288 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1288 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1214 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1190 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index23 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | GLM 5.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 83.5% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 73.3% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 78.3% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 93.6% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 45.8% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Surface Evolver Bench | Not measured | 55.6% | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1470 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1466 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1463 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1475 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1459 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1522 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1470 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1450 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1440 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1479 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1478 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1468 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1456 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1469 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1480 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1463 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1450 | Only GLM 5.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here | |||
Image generationDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | GLM 5.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: images | 1179 | Not measured | Only Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) measured |
| Design Arena: graphic design | 1151 | Not measured | Only Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) measured |
| Design Arena: logos | 1169 | Not measured | Only Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Google Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) | Z.ai GLM 5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Z.ai | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | October 7, 2025 | June 16, 2026 |
| Context window | 33K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.30 | $1.40 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.50 | $4.40 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 61.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 4 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.86 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) better than GLM 5.2 for coding?
Only GLM 5.2 has a coding score, 61.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) has the edge where output tokens cost 1.8x less.
Which is cheaper, Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) or GLM 5.2?
Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; GLM 5.2 costs $1.40 and $4.40. Cost per solved task is known for GLM 5.2 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) or GLM 5.2?
GLM 5.2, with 1.05M tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks is the Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) vs GLM 5.2 comparison based on?
0 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)'s coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and GLM 5.2's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.