# Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GLM-5.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM-5.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-6-flash-vs-glm-5-1
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5.1 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.6 Flash leads overall 70.11 to 64.41.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 68.6 for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 55.4 for GLM-5.1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) in Agentic, with scores of 73.8% and 56.9%.
- GLM-5.1 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GLM-5.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Z.AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 203K |
| Overall Score | 70.11 | 64.41 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 26 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $7.50 | $1.40 / $4.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 50.7 (Supported · #60/151)
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 50.1 (Estimated · #63/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GLM-5.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OSWorld-Verified | 83% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 73.8% | 56.9% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 63.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 68% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 70.6% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 71.8% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 68.7% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 62.3% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 60.11% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Gemini 3.6 Flash
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 58.9 (Supported · #30/183)
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 56.8 (Supported · #39/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GLM-5.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| deepSwe | 49% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 53.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.1% | 81.4% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 79.6% | 76.4% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 58.4% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 62.7% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 31.46% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 52.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 82.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 77.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 69.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Gemini 3.6 Flash
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 68.6 (Supported · #18/181)
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 55.4 (Supported · #58/181)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GLM-5.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.4% | 84.5% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.3% | 86.9% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 52.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 93.5 (#5/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 64.1 (#3/7)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GLM-5.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 94.0% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 82.6% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 83.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 33.448% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 12.500% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.6 Flash or GLM-5.1?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM-5.1?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 68.6 for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 55.4 for GLM-5.1.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.6 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.6 Flash currently has 8 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-5.1 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5.1 currently has 26 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [GLM-5.1 vs GLM-5.2](/compare/glm-5-1-vs-glm-5-2)

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