Gemini 4 Argon vs GLM 5V Turbo
Gemini 4 Argon leads GLM 5V Turbo on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 52.6 to 23.5, and GLM 5V Turbo costs 2.5x less per output token ($4.00 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 35 benchmarks have a result for both.
vs boards won of 35 shared
Gemini 4 Argon or GLM 5V Turbo: which to pick
Only Gemini 4 Argon has a coding score, 81.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; GLM 5V Turbo has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick GLM 5V Turbo for output tokens 2.5x cheaper ($4.00 vs $10.00 per million).
Model AGemini 4 ArgonGoogle81.0/1005 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BGLM 5V TurboZ.aiNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved task
- Shared results
- 35
- Gemini 4 Argon only
- 59
- GLM 5V Turbo only
- 30
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 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 4 Argon has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon leads, 52.6 against 23.5.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon leads, 1315 against 1230.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Gemini 4 Argon has a Vals Index result, 69.2%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 4 Argon
Gemini 4 Argon takes 1.05M tokens against 203K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
GLM 5V Turbo
Gemini 4 Argon $0.0070, GLM 5V Turbo $0.0032 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 4 Argon 81.0 from 5 benchmarks, GLM 5V Turbo not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Intelligence, 29.1 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena WebDev: HTML: Gemini 4 Argon 1643 against GLM 5V Turbo 1356, 40.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 4 Argon $10.00 against GLM 5V Turbo $4.00 per million output tokens, 2.5x apart.
- Context window
- Gemini 4 Argon 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 4 Argon | Bars | GLM 5V Turbo | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 5 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 4 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 6 | 0 | ||
| General | 13 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 35 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index50
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 89.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1678 | 1402 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 57.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 91.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 68.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 2.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 100.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 57.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 56.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 21.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 77.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| SciCode | 61.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 32.6% | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| FrontierCode | 47.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| FrontierSWE | 55.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| MirrorCode | 58.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| ALE-Bench | 2100.1 | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1546 | 1466 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1556 | 1460 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1692 | 1386 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1643 | 1356 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1425 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| SciCode | 12.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 52.6 | 23.5 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 166.4 | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index27 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1124 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1149 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1134 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1267 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 957 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| 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 | Not measured | 1127 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1157 | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LiveBench research | 83.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LiveBench browser | 92.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 69.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 44.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 65.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 44.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 54.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 27.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 75.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 76.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 44.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Vals Science Index | 55.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Time Horizon Index (Vals AI) | 52.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| CUA-bench (Vals AI) | 4.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Robo-bench (Vals AI) | 0.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 98.5% | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| APEX-Agents | 82.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $13,718 | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | 95.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 45.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 80.9% | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 57.1% | 17.1% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 96.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| ARC-AGI | 98.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 91.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Chess puzzles | 59.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 64.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| EBR-bench | 64.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1546 | 1443 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1550 | 1453 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1548 | 1456 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| 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 7 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 100.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 86.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 78.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| ProofBench | 99.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1536 | 1442 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1557 | 1447 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 88.3% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 58.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 76.0% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1548 | 1448 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1555 | 1433 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1548 | 1436 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1525 | 1435 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1315 | 1230 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1333 | 1210 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1377 | 1218 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1332 | 1202 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1388 | 1208 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1329 | 1228 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1151 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1117 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LiveBench design | 73.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index130
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 69.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | 85.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 69.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 53.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 87.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 61.1% | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 79.7% | 70.3% | Gemini 4 Argon |
| DTBench | 97.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMCA | 63.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| Furniture assembly | 72.5% | Not measured | Only Gemini 4 Argon measured |
| LMArena Text | 1532 | 1437 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1534 | 1423 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1527 | 1417 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1264 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1538 | 1454 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1522 | 1420 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1611 | 1491 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| 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 | 1503 | 1452 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1534 | 1432 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1432 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1556 | 1431 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1547 | 1438 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1529 | 1420 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1527 | 1407 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| 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 11 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 4 Argon | 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 4 Argon$0.0070Fits in one request
GLM 5V Turbo$0.0032Fits in one request
GLM 5V Turbo costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Gemini 4 Argon$0.130Fits in one request
GLM 5V Turbo$0.072Fits in one request
GLM 5V Turbo costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Gemini 4 Argon$0.500Fits in one request
GLM 5V Turbo$0.280Exceeds the context window
GLM 5V Turbo 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 4 Argon | Z.ai GLM 5V Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Z.ai | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | October 13, 2026 | April 1, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 203K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $1.20 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $4.00 |
| Coding index | 81.0 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 5 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 4 Argon better than GLM 5V Turbo for coding?
Only Gemini 4 Argon has a coding score, 81.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; GLM 5V Turbo has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GLM 5V Turbo for output tokens 2.5x cheaper ($4.00 vs $10.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Argon or GLM 5V Turbo?
Gemini 4 Argon costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; GLM 5V Turbo costs $1.20 and $4.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 4 Argon or GLM 5V Turbo?
Gemini 4 Argon, with 1.05M tokens against 203K.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 4 Argon vs GLM 5V Turbo comparison based on?
35 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Gemini 4 Argon's coding index rests on 5 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.