# GLM-5.2 vs Qwen3 8B

> GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 8B costs 6.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/glm-5-2-vs-qwen3-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 8

## Summary

- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen3 8B in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-5.2 leads 42.3 to 16.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 45.8% for GLM-5.2 and 8.8% for Qwen3 8B.
- Qwen3 8B is cheaper at $0.18 / $0.70 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.2.
- GLM-5.2 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.

## Snapshot

| | GLM-5.2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 51.1 | 33.7 |
| Rank | 44 | 238 |
| Context | 1M | 131K |
| Input $/M | $1.40 | $0.18 |
| Output $/M | $4.40 | $0.70 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41)
- Qwen3 8B: 34.0 (#248)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 50.5% | 22.6% |
| SWE-bench Verified | 78.7% | — |
| DeepSWE | 43.8% | — |
| FrontierCode | 24.5% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1603 | — |
| WeirdML | 70.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1485 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,047 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63)
- Qwen3 8B: 30.2 (#78)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 45.2% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
| τ²-bench Banking | 37.1% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 31.7% | — |
| GBAEval | 0% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 8,314 | — |

## Reasoning

- GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52)
- Qwen3 8B: 16.6 (#303)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 20.9% | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | 21% | 5% |
| DTBench | 93.6% | 59.7% |
| LMCA | 45.8% | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 151.78 | 136.17 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 22.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | 58.8% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 62.6% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 74.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 77% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 9.5% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1480 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 19% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 55.6% | — |

## Math

- GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43)
- Qwen3 8B: 34.9 (#191)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 86.4% | 56.1% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 59.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 29.3% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 67.6% | — |
| ProofBench | 35% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1482 | — |

## Knowledge

- GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40)
- Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#173)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 91.9% | 56.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 34.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1486 | — |

## Multilingual

- GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26)
- Qwen3 8B: —

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1459 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1519 | — |
| LMArena French | 1479 | — |
| LMArena German | 1468 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1451 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1445 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1466 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1477 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34)
- Qwen3 8B: —

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1465 | — |

## Long Context

- GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43)
- Qwen3 8B: 37.9 (#210)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1479 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21)
- Qwen3 8B: —

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1470 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1462 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1757 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1222 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1469 | — |

## FAQ

### Is GLM-5.2 better than Qwen3 8B?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 8B costs 6.9× 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 Qwen3 8B?

Qwen3 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.18 per million input tokens and $0.70 per million output tokens; GLM-5.2 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

### Is GLM-5.2 or Qwen3 8B better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-5.2 does, with 1M tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and Qwen3 8B share?

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.