Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Gemini 3 Pro
81
GLM-5
67
Verified leaderboard positions: Gemini 3 Pro unranked · GLM-5 #21
Pick Gemini 3 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5 only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
Reasoning
+29.7 difference
Gemini 3 Pro
GLM-5
$2 / $12
$1 / $3.2
109 t/s
74 t/s
32.65s
1.64s
2M
200K
Pick Gemini 3 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5 only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
Gemini 3 Pro is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 81 to 67. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
Gemini 3 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.00 input / $12.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $1.00 input / $3.20 output per 1M tokens for GLM-5. That is roughly 3.8x on output cost alone. Gemini 3 Pro gives you the larger context window at 2M, compared with 200K for GLM-5.
Gemini 3 Pro is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 81 to 67.
GLM-5 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 60.8 versus 31.1. Inside this category, AA-LCR is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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