Model comparison

GLM-5.2 vs Yi-34B

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.8

Rank #329 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-34B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.2 leads 57.1 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 91.9% for GLM-5.2 and 14.7% for Yi-34B.

Side by side

GLM-5.2 and Yi-34B specifications
GLM-5.2Yi-34B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)01.AI
Noometry Index51.127.8
Released2026-06-132023-11-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked5123

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41), Yi-34B: 32.3 (#274)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Yi-34B
LMArena Coding14851112
SWE-bench Verified78.7%—
DeepSWE43.8%—
FrontierCode24.5%—
LMArena WebDev1603—
SciCode50.5%—
WeirdML70.1%—
ALE-Bench1,047—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63), Yi-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Yi-34B
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), Yi-34B: 21.2 (#226)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Yi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14801104
Epoch Capabilities Index151.78117.39
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%—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43), Yi-34B: 21.6 (#282)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Yi-34B
LMArena Math14821114
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.4%—
ProofBench35%—
MATH Level 5—5.1%
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#309)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Yi-34B
GPQA Diamond91.9%14.7%
LMArena Expert14861061
SimpleQA Verified34.2%—
MMLU—76.3%

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26), Yi-34B: 29.7 (#264)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Yi-34B
LMArena Non-English14591079
LMArena Chinese15191176
LMArena French14791081
LMArena German14681042
LMArena Japanese1451993
LMArena Korean1445959
LMArena Russian14661050
LMArena Spanish14771070

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34), Yi-34B: 56.2 (#274)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Yi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14651091

Long Context GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#264)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Yi-34B
LMArena Longer Query14791094

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21), Yi-34B: 34.1 (#273)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Yi-34B
LMArena Text14701129
LMArena Creative Writing14621108
LMArena Multi-Turn14691113
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1757—
EQ-Bench 41222—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.2 better than Yi-34B?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5.2 or Yi-34B better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and Yi-34B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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