# Gemma 4 12B vs GLM-5-Turbo

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 4 12B and GLM-5-Turbo across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemma-4-12b-vs-glm-5-turbo
- Last updated: September 4, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Gemma 4 12B and GLM-5-Turbo.

## Summary

- Gemma 4 12B and GLM-5-Turbo do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5-Turbo |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Z.AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 46.64 | 64.14 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 1 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $1.20 / $4.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 47.9 (Estimated · #81/151)
- GLM-5-Turbo public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5-Turbo | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 55.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #97/183)
- GLM-5-Turbo public-lane score: 59.9 (Estimated · #24/183)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5-Turbo | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 72.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 26.1 (#44/48)
- GLM-5-Turbo public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5-Turbo | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 69.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 79.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 34 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- GLM-5-Turbo public-lane score: 69 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5-Turbo | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #138/181)
- GLM-5-Turbo public-lane score: 55.6 (Estimated · #56/181)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5-Turbo | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 78.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 78.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 5.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 89.8 (#21/120)
- GLM-5-Turbo public-lane score: 89.4 (#25/120)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 57.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- GLM-5-Turbo public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5-Turbo | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 77.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Gemma 4 12B and GLM-5-Turbo on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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