Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs GLM 4.6
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads GLM 4.6 on coding, 43.7 to 8.8 on the Vibe Coding Index, and GLM 4.6 costs 1.4x less per output token ($2.20 vs $3.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 32 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GLM 4.6: which to pick
Pick Gemini 3 Flash Preview for coding: it scores 43.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 8.8 for GLM 4.6.
Pick GLM 4.6 for output tokens 1.4x cheaper ($2.20 vs $3.00 per million) and work measured by Design Arena: agents building mobile apps or Design Arena: agents building Android apps, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 32
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview only
- 39
- GLM 4.6 only
- 37
- 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores 43.7 against 8.8.
2 benchmarks behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads, 26.3 against 18.5.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads, 87.9% against 74.5%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads, 95.6% against 92.7%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads, 88.6% against 82.2%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads, 1196 against 1174.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview takes 1.05M tokens against 205K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GLM 4.6
Gemini 3 Flash Preview $0.0020, GLM 4.6 $0.0017 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview has the number, $0.37.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview 43.7 from 2 benchmarks, GLM 4.6 8.8 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- General, 29.3 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Terminal-Bench: Gemini 3 Flash Preview 64.3% against GLM 4.6 24.5%, 39.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview $3.00 against GLM 4.6 $2.20 per million output tokens, 1.4x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview takes 1.05M tokens, GLM 4.6 205K.
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.
| Category | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Bars | GLM 4.6 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 7 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 2 | 3 | ||
| Reasoning | 3 | 0 | ||
| Math | 4 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 6 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 2 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 29 | 3 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index70
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM 4.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 75.8% | 68.2% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1341 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 45.8 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 85.6% | 81.0% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 75.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 20.2% | 3.1% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 6.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 53.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 90.8% | 69.5% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 38.6% | 28.8% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Terminal-Bench | 64.3% | 24.5% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| GSO-Bench | 9.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| WeirdML | 61.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1367.2 | 340.8 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1449 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1455 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1350 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| SciCode | 12.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM 4.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 26.3 | 18.5 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index23
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM 4.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1111 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1063 | 1029 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1090 | 1096 | GLM 4.6 |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1051 | 1084 | GLM 4.6 |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1161 | 1180 | GLM 4.6 |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1036 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 42.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 11.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 18.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 26.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 80.4% | 76.9% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| BALROG | 48.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 49.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $3,635 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | Not measured | 72.4% | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| BrowseComp-Plus | Not measured | 48.2% | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM 4.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.9% | 74.5% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 87.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.8% | 78.0% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 36.6% | 14.5% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 89.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| ARC-AGI | 84.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 33.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| SimpleBench | 61.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Chess puzzles | 39.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 26.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| VPCT | 72.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1440 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1432 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1445 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | Not measured | 45.7% | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM 4.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 95.6% | 92.7% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 93.3% | 89.8% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| AA Math Index | 97.0 | 86.0 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 97.0% | 86.0% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 95.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 51.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 17.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| ProofBench | 15.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1432 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1447 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM 4.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 88.6% | 82.2% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 86.9% | 79.6% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 55.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 66.4% | 56.8% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 73.9% | 66.2% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 95.8% | 92.2% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 55.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.0% | 82.9% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| GeoBench | 88.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1456 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1455 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1448 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1416 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 63.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM 4.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1196 | 1174 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1145 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1166 | 1150 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1161 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1183 | 1128 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1189 | 1165 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1108 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM 4.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 51.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 69.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 52.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| IFBench | 78.0% | 43.4% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 78.0% | 54.0% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| DTBench | 89.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LMCA | 43.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1440 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1410 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1412 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1449 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1426 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1499 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1447 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1393 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1400 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1459 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1436 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1418 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1447 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1427 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1422 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1415 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1409 | Only GLM 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM 4.6 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
GLM 4.6 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Z.ai GLM 4.6 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Z.ai | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | December 17, 2025 | September 30, 2025 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 205K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.50 | $0.60 |
| Output $/Mtok | $3.00 | $2.20 |
| Coding index | 43.7 | 8.8 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.37 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than GLM 4.6 for coding?
Pick Gemini 3 Flash Preview for coding: it scores 43.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 8.8 for GLM 4.6. Pick GLM 4.6 for output tokens 1.4x cheaper ($2.20 vs $3.00 per million) and work measured by Design Arena: agents building mobile apps or Design Arena: agents building Android apps, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GLM 4.6?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens; GLM 4.6 costs $0.60 and $2.20. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 3 Flash Preview only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GLM 4.6?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview, with 1.05M tokens against 205K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs GLM 4.6 comparison based on?
32 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 3 Flash Preview's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and GLM 4.6's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.