Model comparison

GLM-4.5V vs GLM-5.2

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5V costs 2.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5V Z.ai (Zhipu)

39.8

Rank #158 Confirmed

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5V scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.2 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.2 leads 57.1 to 37.5.
  • GLM-4.5V is cheaper at $0.60 / $1.80 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.2.
  • GLM-5.2 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 64K.

Side by side

GLM-4.5V and GLM-5.2 specifications
GLM-4.5VGLM-5.2
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Z.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index39.851.1
Released2025-08-112026-06-13
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window64K1M
Max output16K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$1.40
Output $ / M tokens$1.80$4.40
Results tracked1551

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-4.5V: 39.5 (#155), GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGLM-5.2
LMArena Coding13471485
SWE-bench Verified—78.7%
DeepSWE—43.8%
FrontierCode—24.5%
LMArena WebDev—1603
SciCode—50.5%
WeirdML—70.1%
ALE-Bench—1,047

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.5V: —, GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGLM-5.2
APEX-Agents—45.2%
τ²-bench Banking—37.1%
PostTrainBench—31.7%
GBAEval—0%
Vending-Bench 2—8,314

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-4.5V: 27.4 (#119), GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGLM-5.2
Kagi LLM Benchmark59.8%62.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts13341480
ARC-AGI-2—22.8%
SimpleBench—58.8%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.3%
ARC-AGI-1—77%
CritPt—20.9%
Chess Puzzles—21%
EBR-Bench—9.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
DTBench—93.6%
LMCA—45.8%
Surface Evolver Bench—55.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—151.78

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-4.5V: 37.4 (#159), GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGLM-5.2
LMArena Math13541482
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—59.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4—29.3%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—67.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—86.4%
ProofBench—35%

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-4.5V: 37.5 (#156), GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGLM-5.2
LMArena Expert13531486
GPQA Diamond—91.9%
SimpleQA Verified—34.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.5V: 34.3 (#92), GLM-5.2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGLM-5.2
LMArena Vision1154—

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-4.5V: 44.6 (#177), GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGLM-5.2
LMArena Non-English13031459
LMArena Chinese13371519
LMArena Russian12981466
LMArena Spanish13361477
LMArena French—1479
LMArena German—1468
LMArena Japanese—1451
LMArena Korean—1445

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-4.5V: 69.2 (#175), GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGLM-5.2
LMArena Instruction Following13111465

Long Context GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#171), GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGLM-5.2
LMArena Longer Query13041479

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-4.5V: 52.5 (#170), GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5VGLM-5.2
LMArena Text13331470
LMArena Creative Writing12951462
LMArena Multi-Turn13321469
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1757
EQ-Bench 4—1222

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5V better than GLM-5.2?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5V costs 2.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5V or GLM-5.2?

GLM-4.5V is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $1.80 per million output tokens; GLM-5.2 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

Is GLM-4.5V or GLM-5.2 better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-5.2 does, with 1M tokens against 64K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5V and GLM-5.2 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5V has 15 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.2 has 51.

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