Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs GLM-4.5-Air

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.3 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp DeepSeek

44.3

Rank #78 Confirmed

GLM-4.5-Air Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.9

Rank #177 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher in 7 categories and GLM-4.5-Air in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads 51.7 to 35.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 52.2% for DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and 43% for GLM-4.5-Air.
  • DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is cheaper at $0.26 / $0.38 per million input/output tokens, against $0.20 / $1.10 for GLM-4.5-Air.
  • DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp accepts more context: 164K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and GLM-4.5-Air specifications
DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGLM-4.5-Air
ProviderDeepSeekZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index44.338.9
Released2025-09-292025-07-20
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window164K131K
Max output66K98K
Input $ / M tokens$0.26$0.20
Output $ / M tokens$0.38$1.10
Results tracked4927

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 46.5 (#65), GLM-4.5-Air: 33.3 (#259)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGLM-4.5-Air
LMArena Coding14541397
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70%—
Aider Polyglot74.2%—
LMArena WebDev1362—
SWE-bench Multilingual59%—
SciCode38.9%—
GSO—2.9%
WeirdML39.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 32.7 (#59), GLM-4.5-Air: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGLM-4.5-Air
Terminal-Bench39.6%—
APEX-Agents21.3%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard56.7%—
TheAgentCompany42.9%—
Vending-Bench 21,034—

Reasoning GLM-4.5-Air leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 22.1 (#208), GLM-4.5-Air: 24.1 (#166)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGLM-4.5-Air
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%43%
LMArena Hard Prompts14341379
ARC-AGI-24%—
NYT Connections (extended)36.7%—
ARC-AGI-157%—
CritPt2.9%—
Chess Puzzles14%—
Thematic Generalization65%—
DTBench87.7%—
LMCA29.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index146.27—
ForecastBench—59.2

Math DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 41.7 (#87), GLM-4.5-Air: 36.2 (#170)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGLM-4.5-Air
LMArena Math14351396
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions57.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202587.8%—
ProofBench8%—
Omni-MATH—39.1%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)22.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 51.7 (#66), GLM-4.5-Air: 35.0 (#191)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGLM-4.5-Air
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.3%9.3%
LMArena Expert14361370
GPQA Diamond83.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam—8.1%
MMLU-Pro—76.2%
GPQA (HELM)—59.4%

Multilingual DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 52.2 (#90), GLM-4.5-Air: 49.1 (#135)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGLM-4.5-Air
LMArena Non-English14091366
LMArena Chinese14611426
LMArena French14331399
LMArena German14401377
LMArena Japanese13741348
LMArena Korean13711308
LMArena Russian14241373
LMArena Spanish14401386

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 74.5 (#93), GLM-4.5-Air: 69.6 (#171)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGLM-4.5-Air
LMArena Instruction Following14131354
IFEval—81.2%

Long Context DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 47.6 (#16), GLM-4.5-Air: 41.6 (#135)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGLM-4.5-Air
LMArena Longer Query14281366
Fiction.LiveBench83.3%—
CL-bench13.2%—
CL-bench Life9.5%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 62.4 (#77), GLM-4.5-Air: 55.9 (#139)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGLM-4.5-Air
LMArena Text14251384
LMArena Creative Writing14031343
LMArena Multi-Turn14271371
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1515—
WildBench—78.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp better than GLM-4.5-Air?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.3 to 38.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or GLM-4.5-Air?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is cheaper. It lists at $0.26 per million input tokens and $0.38 per million output tokens; GLM-4.5-Air lists at $0.20 and $1.10.

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or GLM-4.5-Air better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.5 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp does, with 164K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and GLM-4.5-Air share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has 49 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.5-Air has 27.

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