Model comparison

GLM-5.2 vs Llama 4 Maverick

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index. Llama 4 Maverick costs 7.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 32 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Llama 4 Maverick Meta

30.9

Rank #282 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 32 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 9 categories and Llama 4 Maverick in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-5.2 leads 42.3 to 10.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 77% for GLM-5.2 and 4.4% for Llama 4 Maverick.
  • Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper at $0.19 / $0.65 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.2.
  • GLM-5.2 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

GLM-5.2 and Llama 4 Maverick specifications
GLM-5.2Llama 4 Maverick
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Meta
Noometry Index51.130.9
Released2026-06-132025-04-05
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M128K
Max output131K4K
Input $ / M tokens$1.40$0.19
Output $ / M tokens$4.40$0.65
Results tracked5154

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41), Llama 4 Maverick: 26.6 (#324)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 4 Maverick
SciCode50.5%33.1%
WeirdML70.1%24.5%
LMArena Coding14851302
ALE-Bench1,047172.97
SWE-bench Verified78.7%—
DeepSWE43.8%—
FrontierCode24.5%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—21%
Aider Polyglot—15.6%
LMArena WebDev1603—
BigCodeBench Instruct—49.7%
BigCodeBench Complete—61.4%

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63), Llama 4 Maverick: 28.2 (#91)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 4 Maverick
APEX-Agents45.2%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—37.3%
τ²-bench Banking37.1%—
PostTrainBench31.7%—
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 28,314—

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52), Llama 4 Maverick: 10.1 (#342)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 4 Maverick
ARC-AGI-222.8%0%
SimpleBench58.8%27.7%
Kagi LLM Benchmark62.6%55.9%
NYT Connections (extended)74.3%8%
ARC-AGI-177%4.4%
CritPt20.9%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14801281
DTBench93.6%61.9%
LMCA45.8%15.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.78132.2
Chess Puzzles21%—
EnigmaEval—0.6%
EBR-Bench9.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
Surface Evolver Bench55.6%—
ForecastBench—57.5

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43), Llama 4 Maverick: 26.0 (#262)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 4 Maverick
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.4%20.6%
LMArena Math14821299
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
ProofBench35%—
Omni-MATH—42.2%
MATH Level 5—73%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—0.7%

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40), Llama 4 Maverick: 33.4 (#204)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 4 Maverick
GPQA Diamond91.9%67%
LMArena Expert14861259
Humanity's Last Exam—5.7%
SimpleQA Verified34.2%—
MMLU-Pro—81%
Confabulations—22.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—8.2%
GPQA (HELM)—65%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-5.2: —, Llama 4 Maverick: 31.6 (#105)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Vision—1142
GeoBench—52%
SpatialViz-Bench—31.8%

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26), Llama 4 Maverick: 42.2 (#195)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Non-English14591269
LMArena Chinese15191277
LMArena French14791259
LMArena German14681291
LMArena Japanese14511207
LMArena Korean14451203
LMArena Russian14661286
LMArena Spanish14771293

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34), Llama 4 Maverick: 71.7 (#146)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Instruction Following14651267
IFEval—90.8%

Long Context GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), Llama 4 Maverick: 31.4 (#279)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Longer Query14791280
Fiction.LiveBench—46.2%

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21), Llama 4 Maverick: 38.8 (#252)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text14701287
LMArena Creative Writing14621267
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1757860
LMArena Multi-Turn14691289
Short-Story Creative Writing—62%
WildBench—80%
EQ-Bench 41222—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.2 better than Llama 4 Maverick?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index. Llama 4 Maverick costs 7.1× 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-5.2 or Llama 4 Maverick?

Llama 4 Maverick is cheaper. It lists at $0.19 per million input tokens and $0.65 per million output tokens; GLM-5.2 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

Is GLM-5.2 or Llama 4 Maverick better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-5.2 does, with 1M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and Llama 4 Maverick share?

32 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Llama 4 Maverick has 54.

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