# Gemma 4 12B vs GLM-5

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

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 12B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GLM-5 leads overall 62.16 to 46.64.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 34 for Gemma 4 12B and 51.6 for GLM-5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AIME26 in Mathematics, with scores of 77.5% and 95.8%.
- Gemma 4 12B also has the larger context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Z.AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 200K |
| Overall Score | 46.64 | 62.16 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 36 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $1.00 / $3.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 47.9 (Estimated · #81/151)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 50 (Estimated · #65/151)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 57.7% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 54.1% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 65.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 14.6% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 38% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 31.1% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 69.8% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 43.2% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 50.99% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #97/183)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 49.1 (Supported · #80/183)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 72.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified* | Coming soon | 72.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 73.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | Coming soon | 74.8% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

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

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5 | 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: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 34 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 51.6 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 63.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 40.4 (Supported · #138/181)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 54.9 (Estimated · #62/181)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 78.8% | 86% | GLM-5 |
| GPQA-D | 78.8% | 86.0% | GLM-5 |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.2% | 85.7% | GLM-5 |
| HLE w/o tools | 5.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 66.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 50.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 89.8 (#21/120)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 88.3 (#31/120)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 92.6% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 48.7 (#6/12)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 83.1% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 57.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 56.9 (#7/7)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 77.5% | 95.8% | GLM-5 |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | Coming soon | 93.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 97.5% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 86.4% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 82.5% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 16.434% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 2.100% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemma 4 12B or GLM-5?

GLM-5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemma 4 12B and GLM-5?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 34 for Gemma 4 12B and 51.6 for GLM-5.

### How many benchmarks does Gemma 4 12B cover on BenchLM?

Gemma 4 12B currently has 12 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-5 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5 currently has 36 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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