# Gemini 3.6 Flash vs GLM 5.3 Flash

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads GLM 5.3 Flash in 6 of 8 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Science, Long context, Factuality, and Abstraction (ARC).

Gemini 3.6 Flash: $1.5 per 1M blended tokens.

GLM 5.3 Flash: $0.2375 per 1M blended tokens.

Gemini 3.6 Flash: closed weights.

GLM 5.3 Flash: open weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads GLM 5.3 Flash in General LLM at #19 against #34.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads GLM 5.3 Flash in Reasoning at #25 against #27.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads GLM 5.3 Flash in Science at #9 against #34.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, GLM 5.3 Flash leads Gemini 3.6 Flash in Coding › Web dev at #24 against #41.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads GLM 5.3 Flash in Long context at #30 against #35.
- Which to pick, Vision: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash and GLM 5.3 Flash share #29 in Vision.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads GLM 5.3 Flash in Factuality at #23 against #34.
- Which to pick, Abstraction (ARC): As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash leads GLM 5.3 Flash in Abstraction (ARC) at #13 against #14.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.6 Flash is ranked #9 in Science (since Oct 15, 2026; sources GPQA Diamond; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, GLM 5.3 Flash is state of the art on best per dollar in Coding (since Oct 14, 2026; sources Terminal-Bench 4.0; methodology v1.0).