Comparing 2 models

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GLM 5.2

Facts first, then task-specific rankings. A highlighted cell is better only for that row, not universally.

metric
Model 1Gemini 3.6 Flash
Model 2GLM 5.2
Best for
a General Assistant (#3)
Best Cheap LLM for High Volume (#1)
Provider
google
z-ai
Context
1.0MBest
1.0MBest
Input / 1M
$1.50
$0.81Best
Output / 1M
$7.50
$2.56Best
Tool use
yesBest
yesBest
Vision
yesBest
Reasoning
yesBest
yesBest
Open-weight
yesBest
Released
Jul 21, 2026
Jun 16, 2026