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gemma 4 12B it vs GLM 5V Turbo

gemma 4 12B it (Google) and GLM 5V Turbo (Z.ai) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 15 September 2026

As of 15 September 2026, GLM 5V Turbo holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#41 vs #47); and gemma 4 12B it ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose gemma 4 12B it if…

  • you want to self-host: gemma 4 12B it ships open weights while GLM 5V Turbo is api only.
  • you want the more recently listed model — gemma 4 12B it was listed 23 May 2026, GLM 5V Turbo 1 April 2026.

Choose GLM 5V Turbo if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #41 against #47 (63.6 vs 61.7 points).
  • you want provider choice — 1 listed API providers against 0.

gemma 4 12B it vs GLM 5V Turbo: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of gemma 4 12B it and GLM 5V Turbo
Fieldgemma 4 12B itGoogleGLM 5V TurboZ.ai
ModelCap Index position#47#41
Index score61.763.6
EvidenceEstimatedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$1.20
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$4.00
Context window— tokens203K tokens
Max output tokens—131K
API providers listed01
Weight accessOpen weightsAPI only
Input modalitiesText, Image, AudioImage, Text, Video
First listed23 May 20261 April 2026
PublisherGoogleZ.ai

Evidence: publisher-corpus-prior over 193 held-out anchors (7%); launch card against 3 resolved peers on 6 rows (93%); no cross-lab optimism probe available; shrunk 0.2 up toward the measured corpus · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: gemma 4 12B it vs GLM 5V Turbo

Public benchmark boards where gemma 4 12B it or GLM 5V Turbo has a published result
Boardgemma 4 12B itGLM 5V TurboLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14891477–1501Only one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis—98.5%tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="GLM 5V Turbo (Reasoning)":reasoning=trueOnly one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis—17.1%hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="GLM 5V Turbo (Reasoning)":reasoning=trueOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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gemma 4 12B it vs GLM 5V Turbo: common questions

Is gemma 4 12B it better than GLM 5V Turbo?

GLM 5V Turbo ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 15 September 2026: #41 against #47. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is gemma 4 12B it cheaper than GLM 5V Turbo?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, gemma 4 12B it or GLM 5V Turbo?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, gemma 4 12B it or GLM 5V Turbo?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are gemma 4 12B it and GLM 5V Turbo open-weight models?

gemma 4 12B it: Open weights. GLM 5V Turbo: API only. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run gemma 4 12B it and GLM 5V Turbo?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for gemma 4 12B it and 1 for GLM 5V Turbo, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this gemma 4 12B it vs GLM 5V Turbo comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 15 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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