# Gemma 4 26B A4B vs GLM-5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 4 26B A4B and GLM-5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemma-4-26b-a4b-vs-glm-5
- Last updated: October 6, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemma 4 26B A4B and GLM-5 share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B has the lower published output-token price.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B has the larger published context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 26B A4B | GLM-5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Z.AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 45.97 | 53.53 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 4 | 36 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $1.00 / $3.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 39.1 (Estimated · #61/120)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | 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: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 32.6 (Supported · #86/144)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 39 (Estimated · #65/144)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 67.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 53.3 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 63.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 45.2 (#42/49)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 73.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 36.5 (Supported · #112/173)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 48.4 (Estimated · #75/173)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro | 82.6% | 85.7% | GLM-5 |
| HLE | 17.2% | 50.4% | GLM-5 |
| HLE w/o tools | 8.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 86% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 66.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 89.5 (#6/16)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 83.1% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: 87.3 (#30/125)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 87.2 (#31/125)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 92.6% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemma 4 26B A4B public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 56.5 (#7/7)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.8% | Coming soon |
| 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

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemma 4 26B A4B and GLM-5?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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- [Gemma 4 26B A4B profile](/models/gemma-4-26b-a4b)
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