Model comparison

GLM-5.2 vs Qwen3-4B

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.9 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

50.9

Rank #38 Confirmed

Qwen3-4B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.5

Rank #261 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3-4B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5.2 leads 55.4 to 28.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 91.9% for GLM-5.2 and 52.3% for Qwen3-4B.

Side by side

GLM-5.2 and Qwen3-4B specifications
GLM-5.2Qwen3-4B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index50.931.5
Released2026-06-132025-04-29
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked506

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 50.9 (#37), Qwen3-4B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3-4B
SWE-bench Verified78.7%—
DeepSWE43.8%—
FrontierCode24.5%—
LMArena WebDev1604—
SciCode50.5%—
WeirdML70.1%—
LMArena Coding1484—
ALE-Bench1,047—

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 31.6 (#63), Qwen3-4B: 27.3 (#94)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3-4B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—35.7%
τ²-bench Banking37.1%—
PostTrainBench31.7%—
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 28,314—

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 42.1 (#46), Qwen3-4B: 18.5 (#264)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3-4B
Chess Puzzles21%4%
ARC-AGI-222.8%—
SimpleBench58.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark62.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.3%—
ARC-AGI-177%—
CritPt20.9%—
EBR-Bench9.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1480—
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), Qwen3-4B: 28.5 (#228)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3-4B
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%38.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.4%52.2%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
ProofBench35%—
LMArena Math1482—

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#36), Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#198)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3-4B
GPQA Diamond91.9%52.3%
SimpleQA Verified34.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.7%
LMArena Expert1484—

Multilingual Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 56.0 (#25), Qwen3-4B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3-4B
LMArena Non-English1459—
LMArena Chinese1518—
LMArena French1476—
LMArena German1470—
LMArena Japanese1451—
LMArena Korean1445—
LMArena Russian1467—
LMArena Spanish1477—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 77.1 (#32), Qwen3-4B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3-4B
LMArena Instruction Following1465—

Long Context Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), Qwen3-4B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3-4B
LMArena Longer Query1479—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 70.7 (#20), Qwen3-4B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3-4B
LMArena Text1470—
LMArena Creative Writing1465—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1757—
EQ-Bench 41222—
LMArena Multi-Turn1468—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.2 better than Qwen3-4B?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.9 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and Qwen3-4B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 50 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.

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