Gemini 4 Argon (High) vs GLM-5.3 (Low)

Which is better for the money: Gemini 4 Argon (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.

Trade-off

GoogleGemini 4 Argon (High)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 52.60
Total cost: $2407

Z AIGLM-5.3 (Low)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 34.30
Total cost: $1013

Verdict

Depends on your budget

Gemini 4 Argon (High) scores 18.3 points higher (52.6 vs 34.3) but costs 2.4× as much to run the benchmark ($2407 vs $1013; flagship vs premium cost classes). Pick Gemini 4 Argon (High) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise GLM-5.3 (Low).

Metric	Gemini 4 Argon (High)	GLM-5.3 (Low)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	52.6	34.3	−34.8% GLM-5.3 (Low) is 34.8% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$2,407.24	$1,012.50	−57.9% GLM-5.3 (Low) is 57.9% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	63.20s	31.17s	−50.7% GLM-5.3 (Low) is 50.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$2.00 / $10.0	$1.40 / $4.40
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GLM-5.3 (Low) vs Gemini 4 Argon (High): 34.8% less intelligence, 57.9% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 50.7% faster end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

Gemini 4 Argon (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
GLM-5.3 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.

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