Model comparison
GLM-5.2 vs WizardLM-2 8x22B
GLM-5.2 has enough public results to be ranked (#38); WizardLM-2 8x22B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 2 categories and WizardLM-2 8x22B in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.2 leads 57.1 to 23.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 91.9% for GLM-5.2 and 43.4% for WizardLM-2 8x22B.
- WizardLM-2 8x22B is cheaper at $0.62 / $0.62 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.2.
- GLM-5.2 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 66K.
Side by side
| GLM-5.2 | WizardLM-2 8x22B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 50.9 | 30.7 |
| Released | 2026-06-13 | 2024-04-15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 66K |
| Max output | 131K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.40 | $0.62 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4.40 | $0.62 |
| Results tracked | 50 | 2 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
GLM-5.2: 50.9 (#37), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | WizardLM-2 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 78.7% | — |
| DeepSWE | 43.8% | — |
| FrontierCode | 24.5% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1604 | — |
| SciCode | 50.5% | — |
| WeirdML | 70.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1484 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,047 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GLM-5.2: 31.6 (#63), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | WizardLM-2 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| τ²-bench Banking | 37.1% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 31.7% | — |
| GBAEval | 0% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 8,314 | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
GLM-5.2: 42.1 (#46), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | WizardLM-2 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 22.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 58.8% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 62.6% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 74.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 77% | — |
| CritPt | 20.9% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 21% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 9.5% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1480 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 19% | — |
| DTBench | 93.6% | — |
| LMCA | 45.8% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 55.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 151.76 | — |
Math GLM-5.2 leads
GLM-5.2: 55.4 (#35), WizardLM-2 8x22B: 26.8
| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | WizardLM-2 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 59.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 29.3% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 67.6% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 86.4% | — |
| ProofBench | 35% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1482 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 25.7% |
Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads
GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#36), WizardLM-2 8x22B: 23.3
| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | WizardLM-2 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 91.9% | 43.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 34.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1484 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
GLM-5.2: 56.0 (#25), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | WizardLM-2 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1459 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1518 | — |
| LMArena French | 1476 | — |
| LMArena German | 1470 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1451 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1445 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1467 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1477 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
GLM-5.2: 77.1 (#32), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | WizardLM-2 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1465 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | WizardLM-2 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1479 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
GLM-5.2: 70.7 (#20), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | WizardLM-2 8x22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1470 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1465 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1757 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1222 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1468 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-5.2 better than WizardLM-2 8x22B?
GLM-5.2 has enough public results to be ranked (#38); WizardLM-2 8x22B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Which is cheaper, GLM-5.2 or WizardLM-2 8x22B?
WizardLM-2 8x22B is cheaper. It lists at $0.62 per million input tokens and $0.62 per million output tokens; GLM-5.2 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.
Which has the bigger context window?
GLM-5.2 does, with 1M tokens against 66K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and WizardLM-2 8x22B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 50 scored results on Noometry and WizardLM-2 8x22B has 2.