Model comparison

GLM-5.2 vs Llama 2-13B

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Llama 2-13B Meta

29.6

Rank #309 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-13B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5.2 leads 70.4 to 29.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 93.6% for GLM-5.2 and 42.2% for Llama 2-13B.

Side by side

GLM-5.2 and Llama 2-13B specifications
GLM-5.2Llama 2-13B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Meta
Noometry Index51.129.6
Released2026-06-132023-07-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked5132

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41), Llama 2-13B: 30.9 (#291)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 2-13B
LMArena Coding14851062
SWE-bench Verified78.7%—
DeepSWE43.8%—
FrontierCode24.5%—
LMArena WebDev1603—
SciCode50.5%—
WeirdML70.1%—
ALE-Bench1,047—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63), Llama 2-13B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 2-13B
APEX-Agents45.2%—
τ²-bench Banking37.1%—
PostTrainBench31.7%—
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 28,314—

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52), Llama 2-13B: 12.8 (#337)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 2-13B
Chess Puzzles21%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14801051
DTBench93.6%42.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.78106.17
ARC-AGI-222.8%—
SimpleBench58.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark62.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.3%—
ARC-AGI-177%—
CritPt20.9%—
EBR-Bench9.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
LMCA45.8%—
Surface Evolver Bench55.6%—
BIG-Bench Hard—58.2%
HellaSwag—80.7%
LAMBADA—76.5%
PIQA—80.8%
WinoGrande—72.8%

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43), Llama 2-13B: 31.1 (#229)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 2-13B
LMArena Math14821065
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.4%—
ProofBench35%—
GSM8K—36.9%

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40), Llama 2-13B: 28.1 (#249)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 2-13B
LMArena Expert14861030
GPQA Diamond91.9%—
SimpleQA Verified34.2%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—60.3%
BoolQ—82.4%
MMLU—55.6%
OpenBookQA—57%
TriviaQA—79.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-5.2: —, Llama 2-13B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 2-13B
ScienceQA—55.8%

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26), Llama 2-13B: 26.5 (#279)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 2-13B
LMArena Non-English14591024
LMArena Chinese15191001
LMArena French14791044
LMArena German14681009
LMArena Japanese1451894
LMArena Korean1445953
LMArena Russian14661055
LMArena Spanish14771087

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34), Llama 2-13B: 53.3 (#287)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 2-13B
LMArena Instruction Following14651045

Long Context GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#269)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 2-13B
LMArena Longer Query14791064

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21), Llama 2-13B: 29.8 (#289)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 2-13B
LMArena Text14701084
LMArena Creative Writing14621047
LMArena Multi-Turn14691050
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1757—
EQ-Bench 41222—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.2 better than Llama 2-13B?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5.2 or Llama 2-13B better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and Llama 2-13B share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-13B has 32.

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