Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Gemini 3.1 Pro
93
GLM-5
77
Verified leaderboard positions: Gemini 3.1 Pro unranked · GLM-5 #12
Pick Gemini 3.1 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5 only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.
Reasoning
+16.3 difference
Gemini 3.1 Pro
GLM-5
$1.25 / $5
$0 / $0
109 t/s
74 t/s
29.71s
1.64s
1M
200K
Pick Gemini 3.1 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5 only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.
Gemini 3.1 Pro is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 93 to 77. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Gemini 3.1 Pro's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 77.1 against 60.8.
Gemini 3.1 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.25 input / $5.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for GLM-5. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Gemini 3.1 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 200K for GLM-5.
Gemini 3.1 Pro is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 93 to 77.
Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 77.1 versus 60.8. GLM-5 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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