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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs GLM-5 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite comes out ahead, 70 to 62 and 55 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Our pick

    Google

    Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

    Released Jul 21, 2026

    70/100
    • ECI145.1
    • Price$0.30 / $2.50
    • Context1.05M
    Full specs Remove Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite

  2. Z.ai (Zhipu)

    GLM-5

    Released Feb 12, 2026

    55/100
    • ECI145.8
    • Price$1.00 / $3.20
    • Context205K
    Full specs Remove GLM-5

  3. NVIDIA

    Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B

    Released Jun 4, 2026

    62/100
    • ECI146.2
    • Price$0.50 / $2.50
    • Context1M
    Full specs Remove Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B
01 — Verdict

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is our pick

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 70/100 against Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (62) and GLM-5 (55). It leads on price and inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BCapabilities Index (ECI): Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 146.2 · GLM-5 145.8 · Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 145.1
  • Lowest priceGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 3.5 Flash Lite $0.85 · Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B $1.00 · GLM-5 $1.55 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 3.5 Flash Lite 1,048,576 · Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 1,000,000 · GLM-5 204,800 tokens
  • Widest inputsGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGemini 3.5 Flash Lite: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · GLM-5: Text · Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: Text
  • Self-hostingGLM-5 and Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGLM-5Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%727373
Price25%534150
Inputs & features15%1003545
Context window10%613260
Overall100%70/10055/10062/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs GLM-5 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B specifications side by side
SpecificationGemini 3.5 Flash LiteGoogleGLM-5Z.ai (Zhipu)Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)145.1145.8146.2 (best)
ECI rank#79 of 148#74 of 148#70 of 148 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions83.3%87.8% (best)85.4%
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics26.0%——
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics71.1%80.0%86.7% (best)
SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues—72.1%—
Price per million tokens
Input$0.30 (best)$1.00$0.50
Output$2.50 (best)$3.20$2.50 (best)
Cached input$0.03 (best)$0.20$0.15
Blended (3:1)$0.85 (best)$1.55$1.00
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Google APIOfficial Z.AI APIOfficial Nvidia API
Limits
Context window1,048,576 tokens (best)204,800 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Max output65,536 tokens131,072 tokens (best)128,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesNoNo
PDFsYesNoNo
AudioYesNoNo
VideoYesNoNo
ReasoningYesminimal · low · medium · highYesYes
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputYesNoYes
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpenOpen
API model IDgemini-3.5-flash-liteglm-5nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b
API providers2627 (best)21
ReleasedJul 21, 2026Feb 12, 2026Jun 4, 2026
Knowledge cutoffMar 2026——
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite$8.00
  • GLM-5$16.40
  • Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B$10.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, GLM-5 or Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 70/100 against Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (62) and GLM-5 (55). It leads on price and inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, GLM-5 or Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.30 input / $2.50 output per million tokens (official Google API price). Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B costs $0.50 input / $2.50 output per million tokens (official Nvidia API price); GLM-5 costs $1.00 input / $3.20 output per million tokens (official Z.AI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.85 per million tokens for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite versus $1.00 for Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (1.2× as much) and $1.55 for GLM-5 (1.8× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 146.2 (#70 of 148), GLM-5 145.8 (#74 of 148) and Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 145.1 (#79 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (143.9–148.1 vs 143.9–147.7), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — GLM-5 87.8%, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 85.4%, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 83.3%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 86.7%, GLM-5 80.0%, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite 71.1%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B and 204,800 for GLM-5. Maximum output per response: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite up to 65,536, GLM-5 up to 131,072, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B up to 128,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; GLM-5 accepts text; Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B accepts text. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

GLM-5 and Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the newest, released Jul 21, 2026. Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B came out Jun 4, 2026; GLM-5 came out Feb 12, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Mar 2026.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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