GLM-5 vs GPT-5.2
Benchmarks, API pricing and specs, head to head. Data updated 2026-06-10.
Z.ai (Zhipu) · Feb 2026
Z.ai's 744B open-weights MoE — within ~4 points of Opus 4.6 on SWE-bench Verified at $1/$3.20 per million tokens.
OpenAI · Dec 2025
The December 2025 GPT-5 refresh: stronger coding and agentic skills than GPT-5.1 at a moderate price, now the value pick in OpenAI's lineup.
The verdict
GPT-5.2 wins 1 of the 1 benchmarks these models share, against 0 for GLM-5. On price the gap is dramatic: GLM-5 works out roughly 3.1x cheaper per blended million tokens. GPT-5.2 also takes 400K of context versus 200K for GLM-5. And GLM-5 is open-weights (MIT), so it can be self-hosted — a structural advantage if data control or vendor independence matters.
Benchmark head-to-head 0–1
Specs & pricing
| GLM-5 | GPT-5.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| modhub Index | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $1 | $1.75 |
| Output price / 1M | $3.2 | $14 |
| Context window | 200K | 400K |
| Max output | 128K | 128K |
| Open weights | yes (MIT) | no |
| Reasoning model | yes | yes |
| Multimodal input | text | text, image |
| Knowledge cutoff | Dec 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| Released | Feb 2026 | Dec 2025 |
| Example monthly cost* | $14.80 | $38.50 |
* 10M input + 1.5M output tokens per month at list prices, no caching. Green = better value on that row.
Frequently asked questions
- Which is better, GLM-5 or GPT-5.2?
- GPT-5.2 wins 1 of the 1 benchmarks these models share, against 0 for GLM-5. On price the gap is dramatic: GLM-5 works out roughly 3.1x cheaper per blended million tokens. GPT-5.2 also takes 400K of context versus 200K for GLM-5. And GLM-5 is open-weights (MIT), so it can be self-hosted — a structural advantage if data control or vendor independence matters.
- Which is cheaper, GLM-5 or GPT-5.2?
- GLM-5 costs $1/$3.2 per million input/output tokens, while GPT-5.2 costs $1.75/$14. For a typical workload of 10M input and 1.5M output tokens per month, that's $14.80 versus $38.50.
- Which model is better for coding, GLM-5 or GPT-5.2?
- On SWE-bench Verified — the standard agentic-coding benchmark — GPT-5.2 scores ~77.9% versus ~77.8% for GLM-5, making GPT-5.2 the stronger pick for coding agents.