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Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GLM 5V Turbo

Gemini 3.6 Flash leads GLM 5V Turbo on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 34.0 to 23.5, at about the same output price ($3.75 vs $4.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 58 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 3.6 Flash Replace GLM 5V Turbo
Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogle
Coding
62.5
Overall
68.3
Output $/M
$3.75
56
GLM 5V TurboZ.ai
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$4.00
2
vs boards won of 58 shared

Gemini 3.6 Flash or GLM 5V Turbo: which to pick

Only Gemini 3.6 Flash has a coding score, 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index; GLM 5V Turbo has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick GLM 5V Turbo for work measured by Design Arena: agents building Android apps or Design Arena: PowerPoint slides, where it leads.

Model AGemini 3.6 FlashGoogle62.5/1004 independent benchmarks$1.49 per solved taskModel BGLM 5V TurboZ.aiNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
58
Gemini 3.6 Flash only
51
GLM 5V Turbo only
7
Like-for-like categories
8 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

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.

At a glance

Coding index
Gemini 3.6 Flash 62.5 from 4 benchmarks, GLM 5V Turbo not benchmarked.
Widest category
Coding, 17.4 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena WebDev: HTML: Gemini 3.6 Flash 1547 against GLM 5V Turbo 1356, 31.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Gemini 3.6 Flash $3.75 against GLM 5V Turbo $4.00 per million output tokens, 1.1x apart.
Context window
Gemini 3.6 Flash takes 1.05M tokens, GLM 5V Turbo 203K.

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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGemini 3.6 FlashBarsGLM 5V TurboTies
Coding60
Intelligence10
Agentic work52
Reasoning70
Math20
Knowledge40
Web design70
General240
All shared boards562
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index60
Coding benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM 5V Turbo
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM 5V TurboLeader
LMArena WebDev15381402Gemini 3.6 Flash
AA Coding Index69.2Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)88.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)79.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)64.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Code migration (Vals AI)30.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
IOI (Vals AI)35.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)73.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)45.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
SciCode53.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured32.6%Only GLM 5V Turbo measured
FrontierCode34.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
WeirdML56.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
ALE-Bench715.5Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: coding14911466Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: software and IT14921460Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena WebDev: React15281386Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena WebDev: HTML15471356Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena WebDev: from an image15451425Gemini 3.6 Flash
SciCode10.8%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM 5V Turbo
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM 5V TurboLeader
AA Intelligence Index34.023.5Gemini 3.6 Flash
Epoch Capabilities Index154.5Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index52
Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM 5V Turbo
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM 5V TurboLeader
AA Agentic Index29.0Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Design Arena: agents building web apps11971124Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps11811149Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps11981134Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: agents building Android apps12041267GLM 5V Turbo
Design Arena: agents building Godot gamesNot measured957Only GLM 5V Turbo measured
Design Arena: agents building games11801102Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: HTML slides10991070Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides11211127GLM 5V Turbo
Design Arena: spreadsheets1071Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)56.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)18.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)25.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)65.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
BioMysteryBench (Vals AI)58.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)4.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured98.5%Only GLM 5V Turbo measured
APEX-Agents46.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM 5V Turbo
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM 5V TurboLeader
GPQA Diamond93.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)88.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)92.8%80.9%Gemini 3.6 Flash
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)40.8%17.1%Gemini 3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)94.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
ARC-AGI91.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
ARC-AGI-260.4%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Chess puzzles42.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Mystery game puzzles30.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14861443Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: expert14901453Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14841456Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: diagrams13141286Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: homework13141273Gemini 3.6 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM 5V Turbo
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM 5V TurboLeader
OTIS Mock AIME94.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 358.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
FrontierMath, tier 422.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
ProofBench36.0%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: math15081442Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: mathematical work14921447Gemini 3.6 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM 5V Turbo
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM 5V TurboLeader
MMLU Pro89.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)86.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)63.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)74.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)67.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
MedCode (Vals AI)53.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
SimpleQA Verified66.2%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: science14891448Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14691433Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: legal and government14791436Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: business and finance14641435Gemini 3.6 Flash
FACTS Benchmark Suite65.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
Web design benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM 5V Turbo
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM 5V TurboLeader
Design Arena: websites13001230Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: UI components12941210Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: game dev12631218Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: data viz12891202Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: 3D12711208Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: all code categories12891228Gemini 3.6 Flash
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1151Only GLM 5V Turbo measured
Design Arena: ASCII art12811117Gemini 3.6 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index240
General benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM 5V Turbo
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM 5V TurboLeader
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)56.6%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
SAGE (Vals AI)48.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)79.7%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Vals Multimodal Index65.1%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
IFBenchNot measured61.1%Only GLM 5V Turbo measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)80.0%70.3%Gemini 3.6 Flash
DTBench95.5%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMCA44.9%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
Furniture assembly23.3%Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text14801437Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: instruction following14671423Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: creative writing14661417Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision12991264Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: English14821454Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: non-English14701420Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Chinese15311491Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: German14801422Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Japanese1475Not measuredOnly Gemini 3.6 Flash measured
LMArena Text: Korean14291397Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: French15031443Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Spanish14761452Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Russian14881432Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: Polish14731432Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: multi-turn14811431Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: longer queries14751438Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: writing and language14701420Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14561407Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: English12951274Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: Chinese13571329Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: reading text13121270Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: humor12891268Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Vision: captioningNot measured1264Only GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing thingsNot measured1241Only GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing12781252Gemini 3.6 Flash
LMArena Document14561416Gemini 3.6 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM 5V Turbo
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashGLM 5V TurboLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 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

Gemini 3.6 Flash$0.0026Fits in one request
GLM 5V Turbo$0.0032Fits in one request

Gemini 3.6 Flash costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 3.6 Flash$0.049Fits in one request
GLM 5V Turbo$0.072Fits in one request

Gemini 3.6 Flash costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 3.6 Flash$0.188Fits in one request
GLM 5V Turbo$0.280Exceeds the context window

Gemini 3.6 Flash 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.

Specifications of Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM 5V Turbo
SpecificationGoogle Gemini 3.6 FlashZ.ai GLM 5V Turbo
MakerGoogleZ.ai
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedJuly 21, 2026April 1, 2026
Context window1.05M203K
Input $/Mtok$0.75$1.20
Output $/Mtok$3.75$4.00
Coding index62.5Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it41
Cost per solved task$1.49Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than GLM 5V Turbo for coding?

Only Gemini 3.6 Flash has a coding score, 62.5 on the Vibe Coding Index; GLM 5V Turbo has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GLM 5V Turbo for work measured by Design Arena: agents building Android apps or Design Arena: PowerPoint slides, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or GLM 5V Turbo?

Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; GLM 5V Turbo costs $1.20 and $4.00. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 3.6 Flash only.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3.6 Flash or GLM 5V Turbo?

Gemini 3.6 Flash, with 1.05M tokens against 203K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GLM 5V Turbo comparison based on?

58 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 3.6 Flash's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and GLM 5V Turbo's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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