Model comparison

GLM-4.5-Air vs GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.2 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5-Air costs 136× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5-Air Z.ai (Zhipu)

38.7

Rank #169 Confirmed

GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI

52.2

Rank #34 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.2 Pro leads 64.8 to 33.8.
  • GLM-4.5-Air is cheaper at $0.20 / $1.10 per million input/output tokens, against $21 / $168 for GPT-5.2 Pro.
  • GPT-5.2 Pro accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 131K.
  • GLM-4.5-Air has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.5-Air and GPT-5.2 Pro specifications
GLM-4.5-AirGPT-5.2 Pro
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)OpenAI
Noometry Index38.752.2
Released2025-07-202025-12-11
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K400K
Max output98K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.20$21
Output $ / M tokens$1.10$168
Results tracked278

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GLM-4.5-Air: 34.5 (#225), GPT-5.2 Pro: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGPT-5.2 Pro
GSO2.9%—
LMArena Coding1397—

Reasoning GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 23.3 (#166), GPT-5.2 Pro: 51.8 (#31)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGPT-5.2 Pro
ARC-AGI-2—54.2%
SimpleBench—57.4%
Kagi LLM Benchmark43%—
NYT Connections (extended)—79.3%
ARC-AGI-1—90.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts1379—
Epoch Capabilities Index—155.41
ForecastBench59.2—

Math GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GLM-4.5-Air: 33.8 (#166), GPT-5.2 Pro: 64.8 (#23)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGPT-5.2 Pro
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—74%
FrontierMath Tier 4—46%
Omni-MATH39.1%—
LMArena Math1396—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—31.3%

Knowledge Not comparable

GLM-4.5-Air: 34.6 (#184), GPT-5.2 Pro: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGPT-5.2 Pro
Humanity's Last Exam8.1%—
MMLU-Pro76.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—
GPQA (HELM)59.4%—
LMArena Expert1370—

Multilingual Not comparable

GLM-4.5-Air: 49.4 (#130), GPT-5.2 Pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGPT-5.2 Pro
LMArena Non-English1366—
LMArena Chinese1427—
LMArena French1399—
LMArena German1376—
LMArena Japanese1348—
LMArena Korean1306—
LMArena Russian1373—
LMArena Spanish1385—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GLM-4.5-Air: 69.8 (#165), GPT-5.2 Pro: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGPT-5.2 Pro
IFEval81.2%—
LMArena Instruction Following1353—

Long Context Not comparable

GLM-4.5-Air: 41.6 (#130), GPT-5.2 Pro: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGPT-5.2 Pro
LMArena Longer Query1367—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GLM-4.5-Air: 56.1 (#134), GPT-5.2 Pro: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5-AirGPT-5.2 Pro
LMArena Text1384—
LMArena Creative Writing1343—
WildBench78.9%—
LMArena Multi-Turn1371—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5-Air better than GPT-5.2 Pro?

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.2 to 38.7 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5-Air costs 136× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.2 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5-Air or GPT-5.2 Pro?

GLM-4.5-Air is cheaper. It lists at $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.10 per million output tokens; GPT-5.2 Pro lists at $21 and $168.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.2 Pro does, with 400K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5-Air and GPT-5.2 Pro share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5-Air has 27 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.2 Pro has 8.

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