Model comparison

GLM-5.2 vs Trinity Large Thinking

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Trinity Large Thinking costs 5.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Trinity Large Thinking Arcee AI

38.6

Rank #185 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 8 categories and Trinity Large Thinking in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-5.2 leads 42.3 to 16.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 74.3% for GLM-5.2 and 16.5% for Trinity Large Thinking.
  • Trinity Large Thinking is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.2.
  • GLM-5.2 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

GLM-5.2 and Trinity Large Thinking specifications
GLM-5.2Trinity Large Thinking
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Arcee AI
Noometry Index51.138.6
Released2026-06-132026-04-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M262K
Max output131K80K
Input $ / M tokens$1.40$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$4.40$0.80
Results tracked5124

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41), Trinity Large Thinking: 34.1 (#244)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena WebDev16031238
SciCode50.5%36.1%
LMArena Coding14851381
SWE-bench Verified78.7%—
DeepSWE43.8%—
FrontierCode24.5%—
WeirdML70.1%—
ALE-Bench1,047—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63), Trinity Large Thinking: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Trinity Large Thinking
APEX-Agents45.2%—
τ²-bench Banking37.1%—
PostTrainBench31.7%—
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 28,314—

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52), Trinity Large Thinking: 16.9 (#298)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Trinity Large Thinking
NYT Connections (extended)74.3%16.5%
CritPt20.9%0.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts14801350
Surface Evolver Bench55.6%15.6%
ARC-AGI-222.8%—
SimpleBench58.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark62.6%—
ARC-AGI-177%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
Thematic Generalization—41.6%
EBR-Bench9.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench93.6%—
LMCA45.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.78—

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43), Trinity Large Thinking: 37.6 (#149)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Math14821366
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 (#40), Trinity Large Thinking: 40.9 (#113)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Expert14861360
GPQA Diamond91.9%—
SimpleQA Verified34.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—6.9%

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26), Trinity Large Thinking: 46.2 (#160)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Non-English14591325
LMArena Chinese15191373
LMArena French14791374
LMArena German14681356
LMArena Japanese14511311
LMArena Korean14451306
LMArena Russian14661337
LMArena Spanish14771357

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34), Trinity Large Thinking: 70.5 (#162)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Instruction Following14651334

Long Context GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), Trinity Large Thinking: 41.3 (#144)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Longer Query14791355

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21), Trinity Large Thinking: 53.8 (#158)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Trinity Large Thinking
LMArena Text14701340
LMArena Creative Writing14621320
LMArena Multi-Turn14691342
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1757—
EQ-Bench 41222—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.2 better than Trinity Large Thinking?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Trinity Large Thinking costs 5.5× 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 Trinity Large Thinking?

Trinity Large Thinking is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; GLM-5.2 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

Is GLM-5.2 or Trinity Large Thinking better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-5.2 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and Trinity Large Thinking share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Trinity Large Thinking has 24.

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