Model comparison

GLM-5.2 vs o1-mini

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 9 categories and o1-mini in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-5.2 leads 42.3 to 8.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 77% for GLM-5.2 and 14% for o1-mini.
  • GLM-5.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-5.2 and o1-mini specifications
GLM-5.2o1-mini
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)OpenAI
Noometry Index51.134.0
Released2026-06-132024-09-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked5139

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2o1-mini
WeirdML70.1%36.3%
LMArena Coding14851362
SWE-bench Verified78.7%—
DeepSWE43.8%—
FrontierCode24.5%—
Aider Polyglot—32.9%
LMArena WebDev1603—
SciCode50.5%—
LiveBench Coding—48%
ALE-Bench1,047—
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—78.8%

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63), o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

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

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2o1-mini
ARC-AGI-222.8%0.8%
SimpleBench58.8%18.1%
ARC-AGI-177%14%
LMArena Hard Prompts14801333
Epoch Capabilities Index151.78135.82
Kagi LLM Benchmark62.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.3%—
CritPt20.9%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
EBR-Bench9.5%—
LiveBench Reasoning—72.3%
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench93.6%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—57.9%
LMCA45.8%—
Surface Evolver Bench55.6%—
LiveBench—57.8%

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2o1-mini
GPQA Diamond91.9%62.4%
LMArena Expert14861316
SimpleQA Verified34.2%—
Confabulations—18.6%

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2o1-mini
LMArena Non-English14591289
LMArena Chinese15191314
LMArena French14791293
LMArena German14681278
LMArena Japanese14511245
LMArena Korean14451223
LMArena Russian14661283
LMArena Spanish14771303

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2o1-mini
LMArena Instruction Following14651304
LiveBench Instruction Following—65.4%

Long Context GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2o1-mini
LMArena Longer Query14791320

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2o1-mini
LMArena Text14701317
LMArena Creative Writing14621244
LMArena Multi-Turn14691314
Short-Story Creative Writing—64.9%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1757—
EQ-Bench 41222—
LiveBench Language—40.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.2 better than o1-mini?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5.2 or o1-mini better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and o1-mini share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 51 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.

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