Model comparison

GLM-5.2 vs Llama 3-8B

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Llama 3-8B Meta

25.5

Rank #344 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3-8B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.2 leads 57.1 to 7.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 86.4% for GLM-5.2 and 1.9% for Llama 3-8B.

Side by side

GLM-5.2 and Llama 3-8B specifications
GLM-5.2Llama 3-8B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Meta
Noometry Index51.125.5
Released2026-06-132024-04-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked5134

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41), Llama 3-8B: 31.0 (#289)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3-8B
LMArena Coding14851152
SWE-bench Verified78.7%—
DeepSWE43.8%—
FrontierCode24.5%—
LMArena WebDev1603—
SciCode50.5%—
WeirdML70.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—31.9%
BigCodeBench Complete—36.9%
ALE-Bench1,047—
HumanEval+—56.7%
MBPP+—54.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63), Llama 3-8B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3-8B
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 3-8B: 14.3 (#326)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3-8B
Chess Puzzles21%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14801133
DTBench93.6%43.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.78116.45
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%—
Adversarial NLI—57.3%
ForecastBench—58.6
WinoGrande—75.7%

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43), Llama 3-8B: 8.8 (#323)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3-8B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.4%1.9%
LMArena Math14821151
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
ProofBench35%—
MATH Level 5—6.1%

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40), Llama 3-8B: 7.8 (#308)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3-8B
GPQA Diamond91.9%26.1%
LMArena Expert14861113
SimpleQA Verified34.2%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—82.8%
MMLU—68.8%
OpenBookQA—82.6%
TriviaQA—67.7%

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26), Llama 3-8B: 30.8 (#261)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3-8B
LMArena Non-English14591098
LMArena Chinese15191076
LMArena French14791159
LMArena German14681104
LMArena Japanese1451967
LMArena Korean14451004
LMArena Russian14661109
LMArena Spanish14771173

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34), Llama 3-8B: 58.4 (#260)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3-8B
LMArena Instruction Following14651127

Long Context GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), Llama 3-8B: 34.2 (#251)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3-8B
LMArena Longer Query14791128

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21), Llama 3-8B: 37.5 (#256)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 3-8B
LMArena Text14701166
LMArena Creative Writing14621150
LMArena Multi-Turn14691152
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1757—
EQ-Bench 41222—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.2 better than Llama 3-8B?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5.2 or Llama 3-8B better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 31.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and Llama 3-8B share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3-8B has 34.

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