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GLM 5.2 vs o3 Mini
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Winner summary
GLM 5.2 wins on 14/14 benchmarks
GLM 5.2 wins 14 of 14 shared benchmarks. Leads in reasoning · arena · knowledge.
Category leads
reasoning·GLM 5.2arena·GLM 5.2knowledge·GLM 5.2general·GLM 5.2math·GLM 5.2coding·GLM 5.2
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GLM 5.2
#75 by perf·#3 by attention
o3 Mini
#256 by perf·no signal
Best value
GLM 5.2
1.4x better value than o3 Mini
GLM 5.2
16.5 pts/$
$3.40/M
o3 Mini
11.8 pts/$
$2.75/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
z-ai
private · undisclosed
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
14 benchmarks · 2 models
GLM 5.2o3 Mini
ARC-AGI
GLM 5.2 leads by +42.5
ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization.
GLM 5.2
77.0
o3 Mini
34.5
ARC-AGI-2
GLM 5.2 leads by +19.8
ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data.
GLM 5.2
22.8
o3 Mini
3.0
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
GLM 5.2 leads by +122.9
GLM 5.2
1471.0
o3 Mini
1348.1
Chess Puzzles
GLM 5.2 leads by +7.4
Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities.
GLM 5.2
17.9
o3 Mini
10.6
Dtbench
GLM 5.2 leads by +41.3
GLM 5.2
89.3
o3 Mini
48.0
FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private
GLM 5.2 leads by +29.3
GLM 5.2
29.3
o3 Mini
0.0
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
GLM 5.2 leads by +42.7
GLM 5.2
62.3
o3 Mini
19.6
GPQA diamond
GLM 5.2 leads by +23.5
Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs.
GLM 5.2
92.9
o3 Mini
69.4
Lmca
GLM 5.2 leads by +31.6
GLM 5.2
53.9
o3 Mini
22.3
Mystery Game Puzzles
GLM 5.2 leads by +10.8
GLM 5.2
10.8
o3 Mini
0.0
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
GLM 5.2 leads by +9.5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills.
GLM 5.2
86.4
o3 Mini
76.9
SimpleBench
GLM 5.2 leads by +43.2
SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking.
GLM 5.2
50.6
o3 Mini
7.4
SimpleQA Verified
GLM 5.2 leads by +18.9
SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information.
GLM 5.2
34.2
o3 Mini
15.3
WeirdML
GLM 5.2 leads by +26.4
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
GLM 5.2
70.1
o3 Mini
43.7
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GLM 5.2 | o3 Mini |
|---|---|---|
ARC-AGI ARC-AGI · the original Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing whether AI can solve novel visual pattern recognition tasks without memorization. | 77.0 | 34.5 |
ARC-AGI-2 ARC-AGI-2 · the second iteration of the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus, testing novel pattern recognition and abstract reasoning without prior training data. | 22.8 | 3.0 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1471.0 | 1348.1 |
Chess Puzzles Chess Puzzles · tests strategic and tactical reasoning by having models solve chess puzzle positions, evaluating lookahead and pattern recognition abilities. | 17.9 | 10.6 |
Dtbench | 89.3 | 48.0 |
FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private | 29.3 | 0.0 |
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private | 62.3 | 19.6 |
GPQA diamond Graduate-Level Google-Proof QA (Diamond set) · expert-crafted questions in physics, biology, and chemistry that are difficult even for domain PhDs. | 92.9 | 69.4 |
Lmca | 53.9 | 22.3 |
Mystery Game Puzzles | 10.8 | 0.0 |
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 · simulated American Invitational Mathematics Examination problems testing advanced problem-solving skills. | 86.4 | 76.9 |
SimpleBench SimpleBench · tests fundamental reasoning capabilities with straightforward problems designed to expose gaps in basic logical and spatial thinking. | 50.6 | 7.4 |
SimpleQA Verified SimpleQA Verified · short factual questions with verified answers, measuring factual accuracy and the tendency to hallucinate or provide incorrect information. | 34.2 | 15.3 |
WeirdML WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns. | 70.1 | 43.7 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
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