Step 3.5 Flash vs GLM-4.5

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

Step 3.5 Flash is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 66 to 36. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Step 3.5 Flash's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 84.5 against 45.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MuSR, 82 to 33.

Step 3.5 Flash gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for GLM-4.5.

Quick Verdict

Pick Step 3.5 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-4.5 only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

60.2

GLM-4.5

31.3

62
Terminal-Bench 2.0
28
66
BrowseComp
37
54
OSWorld-Verified
31

Coding

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

47.1

GLM-4.5

14.4

77
HumanEval
29
48
SWE-bench Verified
18
45
LiveCodeBench
13
49
SWE-bench Pro
15

Multimodal & Grounded

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

66.7

GLM-4.5

41

64
MMMU-Pro
36
70
OfficeQA Pro
47

Reasoning

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

78.3

GLM-4.5

43.8

82
SimpleQA
35
82
MuSR
33
83
BBH
61
74
LongBench v2
48
73
MRCRv2
52

Knowledge

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

60.8

GLM-4.5

32

84
MMLU
37
83
GPQA
36
81
SuperGPQA
34
79
OpenBookQA
32
76
MMLU-Pro
51
12
HLE
3
71
FrontierScience
40

Instruction Following

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

87

GLM-4.5

68

87
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

82.8

GLM-4.5

58.1

86
MGSM
60
81
MMLU-ProX
57

Mathematics

Step 3.5 Flash

Step 3.5 Flash

84.5

GLM-4.5

45.5

85
AIME 2023
37
87
AIME 2024
39
86
AIME 2025
38
81
HMMT Feb 2023
33
83
HMMT Feb 2024
35
82
HMMT Feb 2025
34
84
BRUMO 2025
36
85
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Step 3.5 Flash or GLM-4.5?

Step 3.5 Flash is ahead overall, 66 to 36. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MuSR, where the scores are 82 and 33.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Step 3.5 Flash or GLM-4.5?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.8 versus 32. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Step 3.5 Flash or GLM-4.5?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 47.1 versus 14.4. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Step 3.5 Flash or GLM-4.5?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 84.5 versus 45.5. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Step 3.5 Flash or GLM-4.5?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 78.3 versus 43.8. Inside this category, MuSR is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Step 3.5 Flash or GLM-4.5?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 60.2 versus 31.3. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Step 3.5 Flash or GLM-4.5?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 66.7 versus 41. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Step 3.5 Flash or GLM-4.5?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 87 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Step 3.5 Flash or GLM-4.5?

Step 3.5 Flash has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.8 versus 58.1. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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