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GLM 5.2 vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
GLM 5.2 wins on 5/5 benchmarks
GLM 5.2 wins 5 of 5 shared benchmarks. Leads in speed · arena.
Category leads
speed·GLM 5.2arena·GLM 5.2
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GLM 5.2
#11 by perf·no signal
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
#5 by perf·no signal
Best value
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
1.8x better value than GLM 5.2
GLM 5.2
30.5 pts/$
$2.50/M
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
55.3 pts/$
$1.42/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
z-ai
private · undisclosed
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
5 benchmarks · 2 models
GLM 5.2Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
GLM 5.2 leads by +23.2
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?"
GLM 5.2
43.1
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
19.9
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
GLM 5.2 leads by +20.6
Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads.
GLM 5.2
68.8
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
48.2
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
GLM 5.2 leads by +17.4
GLM 5.2
51.1
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
33.7
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
GLM 5.2 leads by +198.7
GLM 5.2
1593.3
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
1394.5
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
GLM 5.2 leads by +27.3
GLM 5.2
1471.0
Qwen3.5 397B A17B
1443.7
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GLM 5.2 | Qwen3.5 397B A17B |
|---|---|---|
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?" | 43.1 | 19.9 |
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads. | 68.8 | 48.2 |
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index | 51.1 | 33.7 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding | 1593.3 | 1394.5 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1471.0 | 1443.7 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1.00 | $4.00 | 1.0M tokens (~524 books) | $17.50 | |
| $0.39 | $2.45 | 256K tokens (~128 books) | $9.01 |