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GLM-5vsGPT-5.2

GPT-5.2 leads 6 of 7 shared benchmarks. GLM-5 is 3.8x cheaper per token. GPT-5.2 has the larger context window (400K tokens).

Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.

Shared benchmarks
1 – 6
GPT-5.2 leads
Cheaper per token
GLM-5
3.8x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
GPT-5.2
400K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
— · 95.4286%
Z.ai · OpenAI
GLM-5
Z.ai
text
Context
200K
Max out
131K
Input /1M
$1
Output /1M
$3.2
Cached /1M
$0.2
Scores
8 · 7 core
GPT-5.2
OpenAI · released 2025-12-11
textvision
Context
400K
Max out
128K
Input /1M
$1.75
Output /1M
$14
Cached /1M
$0.175
Scores
16 · 11 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkGLM-5GPT-5.2ΔEdge
Reported by both · 7
SWE-bench Verified77.8% 80% -2.2 ptGPT-5.2
GPQA Diamond87.8% epoch92.4% -4.6 ptGPT-5.2
AIME 202596.7% matharena100% -3.3 ptGPT-5.2
AIME 202696.7% matharena98.3% matharena-1.6 ptGPT-5.2
LMArena Elo1446.3 1412.4 +33.9GLM-5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)80% epoch96.1% epoch-16.1 ptGPT-5.2
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)72.1% epoch73.8% epoch-1.7 ptGPT-5.2
Only GLM-5 reports · 1
Terminal-Bench 2.056.2% not reported
Only GPT-5.2 reports · 7
ARC-AGI-1 (Verified)not reported86.2%
ARC-AGI-2 (Verified)not reported52.9%
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)not reported31.7% epoch
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)not reported67.4% epoch
GDPval (wins or ties)not reported70.9%
SimpleQA Verifiednot reported37.1% epoch
SWE-Bench Pronot reported55.6%
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 minus GPT-5.2 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

SpecGLM-5GPT-5.2Edge
Context window200K tokens400K tokensGPT-5.2
Max output131K tokens128K tokensGLM-5
Input price / 1M$1 $1.75 GLM-5
Output price / 1M$3.2 $14 GLM-5
Cached input / 1M$0.2 $0.175 GPT-5.2
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$4.2$15.75GLM-5
Modalitiestexttext · visionGPT-5.2
Released2025-12-11
Cited benchmark scores816
Reliability

Provider status

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