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Gemini 3.6 FlashvsGLM-5.3
Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM-5.3 split their 6 shared benchmarks evenly. Gemini 3.6 Flash is 1.3x cheaper per token. Gemini 3.6 Flash has the larger context window (1.0M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
3 – 3
even split
Cheaper per token
Gemini 3.6 Flash
1.3x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 3.6 Flash
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Google · Z.ai
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Google · released 2026-07-21
textvisionaudio
Quality
Benchmark matrix
6 shared · 8 only Gemini 3.6 Flash · 18 only GLM-5.3| Benchmark | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GLM-5.3 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 6 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 94.1% ↗epoch | 90.9% ↗epoch | +3.2 pt | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| DeepSWE v1.1 | 49% ↗ | 66.9% ↗ | -17.9 pt | GLM-5.3 |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 22% ↗epoch | 29.3% ↗epoch | -7.3 pt | GLM-5.3 |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 58.9% ↗epoch | 68.8% ↗epoch | -9.9 pt | GLM-5.3 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 94.2% ↗epoch | 91.1% ↗epoch | +3.1 pt | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.2% ↗epoch | 41% ↗epoch | +25.2 pt | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Only Gemini 3.6 Flash reports · 8 | ||||
| AIME 2026 | 96.7% ↗matharena ⚠ | not reported | — | — |
| CharXiv Reasoning (no tools) | 85.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| GDM-MRCR v2 (128k average) | 91.8% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| GDPVal-AA v2 | 1421 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MLE-Bench | 63.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OSWorld-Verified | 83% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-Bench Pro (Public) | 58.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-bench 2.1 | 78% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only GLM-5.3 reports · 18 | ||||
| Agents' Last Exam | not reported | 28.5% ↗ | — | — |
| Agents' Last Exam (ALE-CLI) | not reported | 28.5% ↗ | — | — |
| AutomationBench v1.0.6 | not reported | 48.2% ↗ | — | — |
| CyberGym | not reported | 84.5% ↗ | — | — |
| ExploitBench | not reported | 54.4% ↗ | — | — |
| ExploitGym 2h | not reported | 105 ↗ | — | — |
| ExploitGym 6h | not reported | 130 ↗ | — | — |
| FrontierSWE | not reported | 78.1% ↗ | — | — |
| GDPval-AA v2 | not reported | 1769 ↗ | — | — |
| HLE (with tools) | not reported | 62.5% ↗ | — | — |
| NL2Repo | not reported | 58% ↗ | — | — |
| PostTrainBench | not reported | 39.8% ↗ | — | — |
| ProgramBench (Almost Solved) | not reported | 19% ↗ | — | — |
| SWE-Marathon v1.1 | not reported | 42.5% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | not reported | 88.2% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | not reported | 28.3% ↗ | — | — |
| Toolathlon Verified | not reported | 73% ↗ | — | — |
| Z.ai Code Bench (max effort) | not reported | 34.5% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is Gemini 3.6 Flash minus GLM-5.3 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | Gemini 3.6 Flash | GLM-5.3 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 1M tokens | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Max output | 66K tokens | 131K tokens | GLM-5.3 |
| Input price / 1M | $0.75 ↗ | $1.4 ↗ | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Output price / 1M | $3.75 ↗ | $4.4 ↗ | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.075 ↗ | $0.26 ↗ | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $4.5 | $5.8 | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Modalities | text · vision · audio | text | Gemini 3.6 Flash |
| Released | 2026-07-21 | 2026-08-14 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 14 | 33 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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