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Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs GLM 5.1
Side-by-side specs, pricing & capabilities · Updated September 2026
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| Organization | ||
| OpenTools Score | 24 17.3 | 55 27.0 |
| Family | Gemini | GLM |
| Status | Current | Current |
| Release Date | Jul 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| Context Window | 1.0M tokens | 203K tokens |
| Input Price | $0.30/M tokens | $0.95/M tokens |
| Output Price | $2.50/M tokens | $3.15/M tokens |
| Pricing Notes | DeepMind model page lists $0.30 input and $2.50 output per 1M tokens with no caching in the performance table. The ai.google.dev API docs were attempted through ScrapingBee and returned HTTP 400, so exact billing details beyond the official DeepMind price table were not used. | Cache read: $0.4750/M tokens |
| Capabilities | textvisionaudio-inputvideo-inputpdf-inputreasoningcodingtool-usesearch-groundingcomputer-usestructured-output | textcode |
| Max Output | 64K tokens | 66K tokens |
| API Identifier | gemini-3.5-flash-lite | z-ai/glm-5.1 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | 36artificial-analysis | — |
| SWE-Bench Pro | 54.2google-deepmind | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 54google-deepmind | 61.7978artificial-analysis |
| GDPVal-AA v2 | 1140google-deepmind | — |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.3 | 22.6607artificial-analysis | 26.4455artificial-analysis |
| GPQA Diamond | 83.8384artificial-analysis | 86.2https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-5.1 |
| SciCode | 41.3194artificial-analysis | 44.7917artificial-analysis |
| View Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | View GLM 5.1 | |
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| Model | Input | Output | Total / mo | vs Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteCheapest | $0.30 | $1.25 | $1.55 | — |
| GLM 5.1 | $0.95 | $1.58 | $2.53 | +63% |
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is Google DeepMind general availability low-latency model for high-volume agentic systems, coding, document parsing, translation, and structured automation. Official DeepMind evidence lists 1M input tokens, 64k output tokens, text, image, video, audio, and PDF inputs, text output, tool use, Gemini API availability, and $0.30 input / $2.50 output pricing per million tokens.
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GLM 5.1
GLM 5.1 is a large language model from Z.ai. Supports up to 202,752 token context window. Available from $0.95/M input tokens.
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