Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs GLM 5V Turbo
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads GLM 5V Turbo on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 26.3 to 23.5, and Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs 1.3x less per output token ($3.00 vs $4.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 17 benchmarks have a result for both.
Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GLM 5V Turbo: which to pick
Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview has a coding score, 43.7 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 web apps or Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 17
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview only
- 54
- GLM 5V Turbo only
- 48
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 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
No call
Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads, 26.3 against 23.5.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview has a GPQA Diamond result, 87.9%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview has a AIME result, 95.6%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview has a MMLU Pro result, 88.6%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
GLM 5V Turbo
GLM 5V Turbo leads, 1230 against 1196.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview takes 1.05M tokens against 203K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 3 Flash Preview
Gemini 3 Flash Preview $0.0020, GLM 5V Turbo $0.0032 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 5V Turbo not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 14.3 points apart on average over 7 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Design Arena: agents building Android apps: Gemini 3 Flash Preview 1051 against GLM 5V Turbo 1267, 27.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview $3.00 against GLM 5V Turbo $4.00 per million output tokens, 1.3x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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.
| Category | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | Bars | GLM 5V Turbo | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 1 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 1 | 6 | ||
| Reasoning | 2 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 4 | ||
| General | 2 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 7 | 10 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index10
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 75.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1402 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 85.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 75.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 20.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| 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% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 38.6% | 32.6% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Terminal-Bench | 64.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| 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 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1466 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1460 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1386 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1356 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1425 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| SciCode | 12.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 26.3 | 23.5 | 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 index16
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1111 | 1124 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1063 | 1149 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1090 | 1134 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1051 | 1267 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1161 | 957 | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1102 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1070 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1036 | 1127 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| 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% | 98.5% | GLM 5V Turbo |
| 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 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 87.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.8% | 80.9% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 36.6% | 17.1% | 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 | 1443 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1453 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1456 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1286 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1273 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 95.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 93.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| AA Math Index | 97.0 | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 97.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| 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 | 1442 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1447 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index16 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 88.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 86.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 55.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 66.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 73.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 95.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 55.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview measured |
| 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 | 1448 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1433 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1436 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1435 | Only GLM 5V Turbo 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 index04
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1196 | 1230 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1210 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1166 | 1218 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1202 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1183 | 1208 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1189 | 1228 | GLM 5V Turbo |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1151 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1117 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM 5V Turbo | 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% | 61.1% | Gemini 3 Flash Preview |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 78.0% | 70.3% | 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 | 1437 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1423 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1417 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1264 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1454 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1420 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1491 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1422 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1397 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1443 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1452 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1432 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1432 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1431 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1438 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1420 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1407 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1274 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1329 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1270 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1268 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | Not measured | 1264 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | Not measured | 1241 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1252 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Document | Not measured | 1416 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Flash Preview | GLM 5V Turbo | 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
Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 5V Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Z.ai | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | December 17, 2025 | April 1, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 203K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.50 | $1.20 |
| Output $/Mtok | $3.00 | $4.00 |
| Coding index | 43.7 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.37 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than GLM 5V Turbo for coding?
Only Gemini 3 Flash Preview has a coding score, 43.7 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 web apps or Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GLM 5V Turbo?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens; GLM 5V Turbo costs $1.20 and $4.00. Cost per solved task is known for Gemini 3 Flash Preview only.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or GLM 5V Turbo?
Gemini 3 Flash Preview, with 1.05M tokens against 203K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs GLM 5V Turbo comparison based on?
17 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 5V Turbo's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.