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GLM-5.2vsStep 3.5 Flash
Step 3.5 Flash leads 1 of 1 shared benchmark. GLM-5.2 has the larger context window (1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0 – 1
Step 3.5 Flash leads
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
Larger context
GLM-5.2
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
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Z.ai · StepFun
GLM-5.2
Z.ai · released 2026-06-24
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Step 3.5 Flash
StepFun · released 2026-02-12
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- Context
- 256K
- Max out
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- Input /1M
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- Output /1M
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- Cached /1M
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- Scores
- 18 · 5 core
Quality
Benchmark matrix
1 shared · 24 only GLM-5.2 · 16 only Step 3.5 Flash| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Step 3.5 Flash | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 1 | ||||
| AIME 2026 | 90% ↗matharena ⚠ | 96.7% ↗matharena | -6.7 pt | Step 3.5 Flash |
| Only GLM-5.2 reports · 24 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 91.9% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Agents' Last Exam (ALE-CLI) | 23.8% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AutomationBench v1.0.6 | 26.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| CyberGym | 77.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| DeepSWE v1.1 | 46.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| ExploitBench | 24.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| ExploitGym 2h | 29 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| ExploitGym 6h | 39 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 29.3% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 59.2% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierSWE | 67.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| GDPval-AA v2 | 1508 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| HLE (with tools) | 54.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| NL2Repo | 48.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 86.4% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| PostTrainBench | 31.7% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| ProgramBench (Almost Solved) | 9.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 34.2% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-Bench Pro | 62.1% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | 78.7% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-Marathon v1.1 | 19.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 81% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 4.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Toolathlon Verified | 59.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Step 3.5 Flash reports · 16 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 74.4% ↗ | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | not reported | 97.3% ↗ | — | — |
| LMArena Elo | not reported | 1403.7 ↗ | — | — |
| BrowseComp | not reported | 51.6% ↗ | — | — |
| BrowseComp (with context manager) | not reported | 69% ↗ | — | — |
| BrowseComp-ZH | not reported | 66.9% ↗ | — | — |
| BrowseComp-ZH (with context manager) | not reported | 73.7% ↗ | — | — |
| GAIA (no file) | not reported | 84.5% ↗ | — | — |
| HMMT 2025 (Feb/Nov average) | not reported | 96.2% ↗ | — | — |
| IMOAnswerBench | not reported | 85.4% ↗ | — | — |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | not reported | 86.4% ↗ | — | — |
| ResearchRubrics | not reported | 65.3% ↗ | — | — |
| Tau2-Bench | not reported | 88.2% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | not reported | 51% ↗ | — | — |
| xbench-DeepSearch 2025.05 | not reported | 83.7% ↗ | — | — |
| xbench-DeepSearch 2025.10 | not reported | 56.3% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is GLM-5.2 minus Step 3.5 Flash in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | GLM-5.2 | Step 3.5 Flash | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 256K tokens | GLM-5.2 |
| Max output | 131K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $1.4 ↗ | — | — |
| Output price / 1M | $4.4 ↗ | — | — |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.26 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $5.8 | — | — |
| Modalities | text | text | Tie |
| Released | 2026-06-24 | 2026-02-12 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 26 | 18 | — |
Reliability
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