Model comparison

GLM-5.2 vs o1

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 28 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

o1 OpenAI

40.9

Rank #143 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 28 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 8 categories and o1 in 1 category; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5.2 leads 55.7 to 36.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 77% for GLM-5.2 and 30.7% for o1.
  • GLM-5.2 is cheaper at $1.40 / $4.40 per million input/output tokens, against $15 / $60 for o1.
  • GLM-5.2 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.
  • GLM-5.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-5.2 and o1 specifications
GLM-5.2o1
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)OpenAI
Noometry Index51.140.9
Released2026-06-132024-09-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M200K
Max output131K100K
Input $ / M tokens$1.40$15
Output $ / M tokens$4.40$60
Results tracked5152

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41), o1: 46.1 (#70)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2o1
WeirdML70.1%47.6%
LMArena Coding14851367
SWE-bench Verified78.7%—
DeepSWE43.8%—
FrontierCode24.5%—
Aider Polyglot—61.7%
LMArena WebDev1603—
SciCode50.5%—
LiveBench Coding—69.7%
CadEval—56%
ALE-Bench1,047—
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—80.2%

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63), o1: 24.6 (#117)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2o1
APEX-Agents45.2%—
τ²-bench Banking37.1%—
Cybench—10%
PostTrainBench31.7%—
GBAEval0%—
METR Time Horizons—51.1%
Vending-Bench 28,314—

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52), o1: 27.9 (#111)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2o1
SimpleBench58.8%41.7%
ARC-AGI-177%30.7%
Chess Puzzles21%15%
LMArena Hard Prompts14801371
DTBench93.6%74.7%
LMCA45.8%22.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.78141.91
ARC-AGI-222.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark62.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.3%—
CritPt20.9%—
EnigmaEval—5.7%
EBR-Bench9.5%—
LiveBench Reasoning—91.6%
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—65.5%
Surface Evolver Bench55.6%—
LiveBench—75.7%

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43), o1: 36.1 (#175)

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40), o1: 41.5 (#110)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2o1
GPQA Diamond91.9%76.8%
SimpleQA Verified34.2%41.1%
LMArena Expert14861361
Humanity's Last Exam—8%
Confabulations—11.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-5.2: —, o1: 34.2 (#93)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2o1
LMArena Vision—1168
GeoBench—80%
VPCT—37%
SpatialViz-Bench—41.4%

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26), o1: 48.6 (#142)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2o1
LMArena Non-English14591358
LMArena Chinese15191394
LMArena French14791344
LMArena German14681337
LMArena Japanese14511346
LMArena Korean14451396
LMArena Russian14661356
LMArena Spanish14771345

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34), o1: 74.8 (#86)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2o1
LMArena Instruction Following14651367
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.5%

Long Context o1 leads

GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), o1: 50.3 (#9)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2o1
LMArena Longer Query14791378
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21), o1: 55.6 (#144)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2o1
LMArena Text14701366
LMArena Creative Writing14621348
LMArena Multi-Turn14691369
Short-Story Creative Writing—70.2%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1757—
EQ-Bench 41222—
LiveBench Language—65.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.2 better than o1?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GLM-5.2 or o1?

GLM-5.2 is cheaper. It lists at $1.40 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens; o1 lists at $15 and $60.

Is GLM-5.2 or o1 better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 46.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-5.2 does, with 1M tokens against 200K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and o1 share?

28 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 51 scored results on Noometry and o1 has 52.

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