Compare · ModelsLive · 3 picked · head to head

GPT-5.2-Codex vs GPT-5.1-Codex-Max vs GLM 5.2

Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.

Winner summary

GLM 5.2 wins 4 of 8 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · math · knowledge.

Category leads
coding·GLM 5.2reasoning·GPT-5.2-Codexlanguage·GPT-5.1-Codex-Maxmath·GLM 5.2knowledge·GLM 5.2
Hype vs Reality
GPT-5.2-Codex
#18 by perf·no signal
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GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
#16 by perf·no signal
QUIET
GLM 5.2
#11 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Best value
2.4x better value than GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
GPT-5.2-Codex
9.0 pts/$
$7.88/M
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
12.8 pts/$
$5.63/M
GLM 5.2
30.5 pts/$
$2.50/M
Vendor risk
OpenAI logo
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
OpenAI logo
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
z-ai logo
z-ai
private · undisclosed
Unknown
Head to head
GPT-5.2-CodexGPT-5.1-Codex-MaxGLM 5.2
LiveBench · Agentic Coding
GLM 5.2 leads by +16.7
GPT-5.2-Codex
51.7
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
56.7
GLM 5.2
73.3
LiveBench · Coding
GPT-5.2-Codex leads by +2.2
GPT-5.2-Codex
83.6
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
81.4
GLM 5.2
79.7
LiveBench · Data Analysis
GPT-5.2-Codex leads by +4.5
GPT-5.2-Codex
78.2
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
54.9
GLM 5.2
73.7
LiveBench · If
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max leads by +0.7
GPT-5.2-Codex
66.5
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
67.1
GLM 5.2
62.3
LiveBench · Language
GLM 5.2 leads by +0.8
GPT-5.2-Codex
73.7
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
75.4
GLM 5.2
76.2
LiveBench · Mathematics
GLM 5.2 leads by +1.0
GPT-5.2-Codex
88.8
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
83.7
GLM 5.2
89.8
LiveBench · Overall
GLM 5.2 leads by +1.9
GPT-5.2-Codex
74.3
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
72.0
GLM 5.2
76.2
LiveBench · Reasoning
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max leads by +5.9
GPT-5.2-Codex
77.7
GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
84.6
GLM 5.2
78.6
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkGPT-5.2-CodexGPT-5.1-Codex-MaxGLM 5.2
LiveBench · Agentic Coding
51.756.773.3
LiveBench · Coding
83.681.479.7
LiveBench · Data Analysis
78.254.973.7
LiveBench · If
66.567.162.3
LiveBench · Language
73.775.476.2
LiveBench · Mathematics
88.883.789.8
LiveBench · Overall
74.372.076.2
LiveBench · Reasoning
77.784.678.6
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
OpenAI logoGPT-5.2-Codex$1.75$14.00400K tokens (~200 books)$48.13
OpenAI logoGPT-5.1-Codex-Max$1.25$10.00400K tokens (~200 books)$34.38
z-ai logoGLM 5.2$1.00$4.001.0M tokens (~524 books)$17.50