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Gemini 4 ArgonvsGLM-5.3

Gemini 4 Argon leads 1 of 1 shared benchmark. GLM-5.3 is 2.1x cheaper per token.

Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.

Shared benchmarks
1 – 0
Gemini 4 Argon leads
Cheaper per token
GLM-5.3
2.1x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
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unknown
Providers
2 providers
Google · Z.ai
Gemini 4 Argon
Google · released 2026-09-30
textvisionvideo
Context
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Max out
1M
Input /1M
$2 ↗
Output /1M
$10 ↗
Cached /1M
$0.1
Scores
4 · 0 core
GLM-5.3
Z.ai · released 2026-08-18
text
Context
1M
Max out
131K
Input /1M
$1.4 ↗
Output /1M
$4.4 ↗
Cached /1M
$0.26
Scores
33 · 6 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3ΔEdge
Reported by both · 1
DeepSWE v1.177.9% ↗66.9% ↗+11 ptGemini 4 Argon
Only Gemini 4 Argon reports · 3
AutomationBench51.3% ↗not reported——
CWE-bench v168% ↗not reported——
LVBench91.7% ↗not reported——
Only GLM-5.3 reports · 23
GPQA Diamondnot reported90.9% ↗epoch——
Agents' Last Examnot reported28.5% ↗——
Agents' Last Exam (ALE-CLI)not reported28.5% ↗——
AutomationBench v1.0.6not reported48.2% ↗——
CyberGymnot reported84.5% ↗——
ExploitBenchnot reported54.4% ↗——
ExploitGym 2hnot reported105 ↗——
ExploitGym 6hnot reported130 ↗——
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)not reported29.3% ↗epoch——
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)not reported68.8% ↗epoch——
FrontierSWEnot reported78.1% ↗——
GDPval-AA v2not reported1769 ↗——
HLE (with tools)not reported62.5% ↗——
NL2Reponot reported58% ↗——
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)not reported91.1% ↗epoch——
PostTrainBenchnot reported39.8% ↗——
ProgramBench (Almost Solved)not reported19% ↗——
SimpleQA Verifiednot reported41% ↗epoch——
SWE-Marathon v1.1not reported42.5% ↗——
Terminal-Bench 2.1not reported88.2% ↗——
Terminal-Bench 3.0not reported28.3% ↗——
Toolathlon Verifiednot reported73% ↗——
Z.ai Code Bench (max effort)not reported34.5% ↗——
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 4 Argon 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

SpecGemini 4 ArgonGLM-5.3Edge
Context window—1M tokens—
Max output1M tokens131K tokensGemini 4 Argon
Input price / 1M$2 ↗$1.4 ↗GLM-5.3
Output price / 1M$10 ↗$4.4 ↗GLM-5.3
Cached input / 1M$0.1 ↗$0.26 ↗Gemini 4 Argon
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$12$5.8GLM-5.3
Modalitiestext · vision · videotextGemini 4 Argon
Released2026-09-302026-08-18—
Cited benchmark scores433—
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