Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) vs GLM-5.3 (Low)
Which is better for the money: Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) by Google or GLM-5.3 (Low) by Z AI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick GLM-5.3 (Low)
GLM-5.3 (Low) vs Gemini 3.5 Flash (High): 5.2% more intelligence, 76.0% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 87.1% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) | GLM-5.3 (Low) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 32.6 | 34.3 | +5.2% GLM-5.3 (Low) is 5.2% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $4,222.12 | $1,012.50 | −76.0% GLM-5.3 (Low) is 76.0% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 16.46s | 30.79s | +87.1% GLM-5.3 (Low) is 87.1% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.50 / $9.00 | $1.40 / $4.40 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Speech, Video | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Gemini 3.5 Flash (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
- GLM-5.3 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
Gemini 3.5 Flash (High)GLM-5.3 (Low)Today's Pareto frontierOpen-weights frontierEvery other model
Matchup
Compare something else
Agents:
Accept: text/markdown or ?format=md returns this page as Markdown. JSON: /api/v1/compare/gemini-3-5-flash/glm-5-3-low · Markdown: /api/v1/compare/gemini-3-5-flash/glm-5-3-low?format=md · llms.txt · agent skill