Model comparison

GLM-5.2 vs Qwen1.5-32B

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.9 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

50.9

Rank #38 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.0

Rank #288 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-32B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.2 leads 57.1 to 13.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 91.9% for GLM-5.2 and 30.7% for Qwen1.5-32B.

Side by side

GLM-5.2 and Qwen1.5-32B specifications
GLM-5.2Qwen1.5-32B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index50.930.0
Released2026-06-132024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked5021

Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry

Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 50.9 (#37), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.1 (#278)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Coding14841155
SWE-bench Verified78.7%—
DeepSWE43.8%—
FrontierCode24.5%—
LMArena WebDev1604—
SciCode50.5%—
WeirdML70.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—32.3%
BigCodeBench Complete—42%
ALE-Bench1,047—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 31.6 (#63), Qwen1.5-32B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen1.5-32B
τ²-bench Banking37.1%—
PostTrainBench31.7%—
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 28,314—

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 42.1 (#46), Qwen1.5-32B: 20.9 (#210)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts14801131
ARC-AGI-222.8%—
SimpleBench58.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark62.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.3%—
ARC-AGI-177%—
CritPt20.9%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
EBR-Bench9.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench93.6%—
LMCA45.8%—
Surface Evolver Bench55.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.76—

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.4 (#35), Qwen1.5-32B: 30.5 (#207)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Math14821155
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.4%—
ProofBench35%—

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#36), Qwen1.5-32B: 13.5 (#291)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen1.5-32B
GPQA Diamond91.9%30.7%
LMArena Expert14841126
SimpleQA Verified34.2%—
MMLU—74.4%

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 56.0 (#25), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.6 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Non-English14591106
LMArena Chinese15181176
LMArena French14761100
LMArena German14701058
LMArena Japanese14511027
LMArena Korean14451007
LMArena Russian14671073
LMArena Spanish14771089

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 77.1 (#32), Qwen1.5-32B: 58.0 (#260)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Instruction Following14651116

Long Context GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.7 (#241)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Longer Query14791146

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 70.7 (#20), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.4 (#266)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Text14701137
LMArena Creative Writing14651083
LMArena Multi-Turn14681140
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1757—
EQ-Bench 41222—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.2 better than Qwen1.5-32B?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.9 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5.2 or Qwen1.5-32B better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 31.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and Qwen1.5-32B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 50 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-32B has 21.

Related comparisons

Go deeper