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Gemma 4 31B IT vs GLM-5.3-Flash

Gemma 4 31B ITGoogle
GLM-5.3-FlashZ.ai
Our take

GLM-5.3-Flash wins 4 of 4 categories and costs less: 1.1× cheaper for everyday text work. Easy pick.

Overall2855Best
Coding3069Best
Writing5064Best
Support5167Best
Value3260Best
Input / 1M$0.20$0.15Best
Output / 1M$0.40Best$0.50
Blended / 1M$0.25$0.24Best
Context window262K1MBest
Open weightsYesYes
Released2 Apr 202626 Aug 2026

Your monthly bill

50k
Gemma 4 31B IT$50.00
GLM-5.3-Flash$47.50Cheapest
List prices, a quarter of the tokens as output. Scores are provisional, from Arena and Epoch AI.