Gemini 3.5 Flash vs GLM-5.2

GLM-5.2 leads in 2 of 8 categories

Arena ELO

Tie

Cheaper

GLM-5.2

Faster

Tie

Detailed Comparison

Category	Gemini 3.5 Flash	GLM-5.2
Provider	Google	Z.ai
Context Window	1M WIN	128K
Input Price ($/1M)	$1.5	$1.4 WIN
Output Price ($/1M)	$9	$4.4 WIN
Arena ELO	N/A	N/A
Coding	N/A	N/A
Reasoning	N/A	N/A
Speed (tokens/sec)	N/A	N/A
Open Source	No	Yes

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash or GLM-5.2?

GLM-5.2 is approximately 45% cheaper than Gemini 3.5 Flash per million tokens.

Which has a larger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash supports 1M context, while GLM-5.2 supports 128K.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or GLM-5.2 open source?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is proprietary. GLM-5.2 is open source.

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