# Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GLM-5.2

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM-5.2 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-6-flash-vs-glm-5-2
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5.2 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 68.22.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 50.7 for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 60.2 for GLM-5.2.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is LiveCodeBench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 88.1% and 69.5%.
- GLM-5.2 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GLM-5.2 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Z.AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 70.11 | 68.22 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 25 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $7.50 | $1.40 / $4.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: GLM-5.2
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 50.7 (Supported · #60/151)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 60.2 (Supported · #25/151)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OSWorld-Verified | 83% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 73.8% | 67.8% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | Coming soon | 4.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 81% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 76.8% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 48.2% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 20.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GLM-5.2
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 58.9 (Supported · #30/183)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 60.9 (Supported · #20/183)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| deepSwe | 49% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 53.5% | 55.0% | GLM-5.2 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.1% | 69.5% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 79.6% | 82.8% | GLM-5.2 |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 62.1% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 48.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 81.0% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 63.7% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 58.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 82.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 77.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 76.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 20.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Gemini 3.6 Flash
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: 68.6 (Supported · #18/181)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 60.9 (Supported · #39/181)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.4% | 85.6% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.3% | 86.7% | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 91.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 91.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 54.7% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 89.6 (#22/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemini 3.6 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 80.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 99.2% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 94.4% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 92.5% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 91.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.6 Flash or GLM-5.2?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM-5.2?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 50.7 for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 60.2 for GLM-5.2.

### 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-5.2 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5.2 currently has 25 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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