Model comparison

GLM-5.2 vs Llama 3.2 90B

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 90B Meta

27.5

Rank #331 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 4 categories and Llama 3.2 90B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5.2 leads 55.7 to 11.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 86.4% for GLM-5.2 and 2.6% for Llama 3.2 90B.

Side by side

GLM-5.2 and Llama 3.2 90B specifications
GLM-5.2Llama 3.2 90B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Meta
Noometry Index51.127.5
Released2026-06-132024-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked519

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3.2 90B
SWE-bench Verified78.7%—
DeepSWE43.8%—
FrontierCode24.5%—
LMArena WebDev1603—
SciCode50.5%—
WeirdML70.1%—
LMArena Coding1485—
ALE-Bench1,047—

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63), Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3.2 90B
APEX-Agents45.2%—
τ²-bench Banking37.1%—
PostTrainBench31.7%—
BALROG—27.3%
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 28,314—

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3.2 90B
Epoch Capabilities Index151.78125.5
ARC-AGI-222.8%—
SimpleBench58.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark62.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.3%—
ARC-AGI-177%—
CritPt20.9%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
EnigmaEval—0.4%
EBR-Bench9.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1480—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench93.6%—
LMCA45.8%—
Surface Evolver Bench55.6%—

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43), Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3.2 90B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.4%2.6%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
ProofBench35%—
LMArena Math1482—
MATH Level 5—39.4%

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3.2 90B
GPQA Diamond91.9%41%
SimpleQA Verified34.2%—
LMArena Expert1486—
MMLU—80.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-5.2: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Vision—1000
GeoBench—52%

Multilingual Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Non-English1459—
LMArena Chinese1519—
LMArena French1479—
LMArena German1468—
LMArena Japanese1451—
LMArena Korean1445—
LMArena Russian1466—
LMArena Spanish1477—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Instruction Following1465—

Long Context Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Longer Query1479—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Text1470—
LMArena Creative Writing1462—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1757—
EQ-Bench 41222—
LMArena Multi-Turn1469—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.2 better than Llama 3.2 90B?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and Llama 3.2 90B share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.

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