Gemma 4 31B vs GLM-5 (Reasoning)

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

Gemma 4 31B· GLM-5 (Reasoning)

Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5 (Reasoning) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 31B only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you need the larger 256K context window.

GLM-5 (Reasoning) is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 82 to 73. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GLM-5 (Reasoning)'s sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 90 against 66.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is BBH, 74.4% to 91%. Gemma 4 31B does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Gemma 4 31B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 200K for GLM-5 (Reasoning).

Operational tradeoffs

PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context256K200K

Decision framing

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BenchmarkGemma 4 31BGLM-5 (Reasoning)
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.081%
BrowseComp80%
OSWorld-Verified74%
CodingGemma 4 31B wins
LiveCodeBench80%
HumanEval88%
SWE-bench Verified62%
Multimodal & GroundedGLM-5 (Reasoning) wins
MMMU-Pro76.9%74%
OfficeQA Pro84%
ReasoningGLM-5 (Reasoning) wins
BBH74.4%91%
MRCRv266.4%
MuSR90%
KnowledgeGLM-5 (Reasoning) wins
GPQA84.3%94%
MMLU-Pro85.2%81%
HLE26.5%29%
HLE w/o tools19.5%
MMLU96%
SuperGPQA92%
FrontierScience83%
SimpleQA92%
Instruction Following
Coming soon
Multilingual
MGSM89%
Mathematics
AIME 202398%
AIME 202499%
AIME 202598%
HMMT Feb 202394%
HMMT Feb 202496%
HMMT Feb 202595%
BRUMO 202596%
MATH-50092%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, Gemma 4 31B or GLM-5 (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) is ahead overall, 82 to 73. The biggest single separator in this matchup is BBH, where the scores are 74.4% and 91%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemma 4 31B or GLM-5 (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.7 versus 61.3. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemma 4 31B or GLM-5 (Reasoning)?

Gemma 4 31B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 62. GLM-5 (Reasoning) stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemma 4 31B or GLM-5 (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 90 versus 66.4. Inside this category, BBH is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemma 4 31B or GLM-5 (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.5 versus 76.9. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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