Model comparison

GLM-5.2 vs Llama 3-70B

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.9 to 28.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

50.9

Rank #38 Confirmed

Llama 3-70B Meta

28.5

Rank #317 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 9 categories and Llama 3-70B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5.2 leads 55.4 to 12.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 86.4% for GLM-5.2 and 4.3% for Llama 3-70B.

Side by side

GLM-5.2 and Llama 3-70B specifications
GLM-5.2Llama 3-70B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Meta
Noometry Index50.928.5
Released2026-06-132024-04-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked5031

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 50.9 (#37), Llama 3-70B: 35.3 (#215)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3-70B
LMArena Coding14841206
SWE-bench Verified78.7%—
DeepSWE43.8%—
FrontierCode24.5%—
LMArena WebDev1604—
SciCode50.5%—
WeirdML70.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—43.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.5%
ALE-Bench1,047—
HumanEval+—72%
MBPP+—69%

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 31.6 (#63), Llama 3-70B: 20.9 (#132)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3-70B
τ²-bench Banking37.1%—
Cybench—5%
PostTrainBench31.7%—
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 28,314—

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 42.1 (#46), Llama 3-70B: 17.4 (#284)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3-70B
Kagi LLM Benchmark62.6%35.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14801195
DTBench93.6%54.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.76122.91
ARC-AGI-222.8%—
SimpleBench58.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.3%—
ARC-AGI-177%—
CritPt20.9%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
EBR-Bench9.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
LMCA45.8%—
Surface Evolver Bench55.6%—
ForecastBench—57.1
WinoGrande—83.5%

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.4 (#35), Llama 3-70B: 12.0 (#299)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3-70B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.4%4.3%
LMArena Math14821218
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
ProofBench35%—
MATH Level 5—22.6%

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#36), Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#272)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3-70B
GPQA Diamond91.9%40.6%
LMArena Expert14841149
SimpleQA Verified34.2%—
MMLU—79.3%

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 56.0 (#25), Llama 3-70B: 33.8 (#246)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3-70B
LMArena Non-English14591142
LMArena Chinese15181114
LMArena French14761231
LMArena German14701169
LMArena Japanese14511017
LMArena Korean14451017
LMArena Russian14671159
LMArena Spanish14771241

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 77.1 (#32), Llama 3-70B: 62.8 (#233)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3-70B
LMArena Instruction Following14651194

Long Context GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#235)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3-70B
LMArena Longer Query14791174

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 70.7 (#20), Llama 3-70B: 43.0 (#225)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3-70B
LMArena Text14701221
LMArena Creative Writing14651210
LMArena Multi-Turn14681223
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1757—
EQ-Bench 41222—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.2 better than Llama 3-70B?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.9 to 28.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5.2 or Llama 3-70B better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 35.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and Llama 3-70B share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 50 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3-70B has 31.

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