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Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite vs GLM-5 Turbo

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode

GLM-5 Turbo wins:

  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
Price Advantage
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Benchmark Advantage
GLM-5 Turbo
Context Window
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Speed
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGemini 2.5 Flash LiteGLM-5 Turbo
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGemini 2.5 Flash LiteGLM-5 Turbo
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorGoogleZ-ai
ReleasedJul 2025Mar 2026

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Modalities

Input
textimagefileaudiovideo
Output
text

GLM-5 Turbo Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite has cheaper input pricing at $0.10/M tokens. Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite has cheaper output pricing at $0.40/M tokens.
GLM-5 Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 36.8, compared to Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite's score of 7.4.
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite has a 1,048,576 token context window, while GLM-5 Turbo has a 202,752 token context window.