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Gemini 3 Flash

VS
Z.ai (Zhipu AI)

GLM-4.5

✍️ Analysis by:the whichllmmodel Editorial Team|📅 Updated: June 2026

Decision Recommendation

⚖️ Editorial Verdict: In our analysis, Gemini 3 Flash is the premium intelligence choice, scoring 34.6% higher on coding benchmarks. However, this accuracy premium comes with a cost overhead: GLM-4.5 is 1.1x cheaper to run. If you are building high-volume, simple chatbots or processing massive amounts of text where budget is critical, GLM-4.5 offers excellent cost savings. For agentic reasoning, code refactoring, or complex logical tasks, the accuracy premium of Gemini 3 Flash fully justifies the cost.

Model Specs

Gemini 3 Flash

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)Winner (+)
34.6%
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)Winner (+10.5%)
90.4%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)
$1.13Input: $0.50 | Output: $3.00
Speed
159 tps
Context WindowLarger
1M tokens
Model Specs

GLM-4.5

Benchmarks & Scores

Coding (swe-bench-pro)
N/A
Reasoning (gpqa-diamond)
79.9%

Cost & Performance

Cost (per 1M tokens)1.1x cheaper
$1.00Input: $0.60 | Output: $2.20
Speed
N/A
Context Window
131.07k tokens
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Frequently Asked Questions

GLM-4.5 is cheaper than Gemini 3 Flash. GLM-4.5 has a blended cost of $1.00/1M tokens, which is about 1.1x cheaper than Gemini 3 Flash at $1.13/1M tokens.

Speed data is not available for GLM-4.5, while Gemini 3 Flash generates 159 tokens per second.

Gemini 3 Flash is better for coding tasks. It scores 34.6% on coding evaluations (swe-bench-pro) compared to GLM-4.5 which scores N/A.

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