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Gemini 3.8 FlashvsGLM-5.1
Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 4 of 4 shared benchmarks. Gemini 3.8 Flash is 1.3x cheaper per token. Gemini 3.8 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
4 – 0
Gemini 3.8 Flash leads
Cheaper per token
Gemini 3.8 Flash
1.3x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Gemini 3.8 Flash
1.0M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · —
Google · Z.ai
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google · released 2026-09-02
textvisionaudio
Quality
Benchmark matrix
4 shared · 11 only Gemini 3.8 Flash · 3 only GLM-5.1| Benchmark | Gemini 3.8 Flash | GLM-5.1 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 4 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 95.3% ↗ | 89.9% ↗epoch | +5.4 pt | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 68.4% ↗epoch | 36.8% ↗epoch | +31.6 pt | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 98.9% ↗epoch | 93.3% ↗epoch | +5.6 pt | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| SimpleQA Verified | 69.7% ↗epoch | 34% ↗epoch | +35.7 pt | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Only Gemini 3.8 Flash reports · 11 | ||||
| CharXiv Reasoning (no tools) | 86.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| DeepSWE v1.1 | 73.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 22% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| GDPVal-AA v2 | 1545 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark | 10% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| HLE-Verified | 54.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| LABBench2 | 86.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OSWorld-2.0 | 59% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-bench 2.1 | 89.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-bench 4.0 | 19.1% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Vals Finance Agent v2 | 61.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only GLM-5.1 reports · 3 | ||||
| AIME 2026 | not reported | 95.8% ↗matharena ⚠ | — | — |
| LMArena Elo | not reported | 1462.4 ↗ | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 74.2% ↗epoch | — | — |
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 3.8 Flash minus GLM-5.1 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 3.8 Flash | GLM-5.1 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1.0M tokens | 200K tokens | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Max output | 66K tokens | 131K tokens | GLM-5.1 |
| Input price / 1M | $0.75 ↗ | $1.4 ↗ | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Output price / 1M | $3.75 ↗ | $4.4 ↗ | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.075 ↗ | $0.26 ↗ | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $4.5 | $5.8 | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Modalities | text · vision · audio | text | Gemini 3.8 Flash |
| Released | 2026-09-02 | 2026-04-07 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 16 | 7 | — |
Reliability
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