Agentic
Like-for-like- GLM-5.2
- 58.5
- Supported · #28/152
- Inkling-Small
- 36.9
- Supported · #128/152
- Basis
- BenchAlign lane · 6 vs 5 public rows
- Reading
- GLM-5.2 leads
GLM-5.2 vs Inkling-Small
Updated September 10, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.
Decision reading
GLM-5.2 has the higher public score estimate, 68.12 versus 59.25, but the 90% score intervals overlap. Treat that as a lead, not a settled winner.
16 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
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Which one for your work
Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.
Coding work
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
GLM-5.2
GLM-5.2 leads on the public coding lane, 61 to 43.8, with Supported evidence for both models, although the 90% intervals overlap.
Confidence: limited
Agentic work
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
GLM-5.2
GLM-5.2 leads on the public agentic lane, 58.5 to 36.9, with Supported evidence for both models and non-overlapping 90% intervals.
Confidence: stronger
Chat turn cost
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Inkling-Small
Inkling-Small has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Confidence: listed-rates
Show secondary and unsupported calls
Cache-heavy agent loop cost
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Inkling-Small
Inkling-Small has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. GLM-5.2 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.
Confidence: rate-fallback
Repository review cost
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Inkling-Small
Inkling-Small has the lower estimated token cost for this stated workload. Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Confidence: listed-rates
Long documents
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
No clear pick
The documented context windows are equal.
Confidence: documented
What is actually comparable
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
9 GLM-5.2 only
16 Shared
9 Inkling-Small only
- Shared results
- 16
- GLM-5.2 only
- 9
- Inkling-Small only
- 9
- Like-for-like categories
- 3 / 8
1 category rests on Estimated evidence or different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.
Category results, on a stated basis
Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.
Coding
Like-for-like- GLM-5.2
- 61.0
- Supported · #19/151
- Inkling-Small
- 43.8
- Supported · #97/151
- Basis
- BenchAlign lane · 8 vs 6 public rows
- Reading
- GLM-5.2 leads · intervals overlap
Knowledge
Like-for-like- GLM-5.2
- 60.7
- Supported · #35/183
- Inkling-Small
- 56.5
- Supported · #46/183
- Basis
- BenchAlign lane · 6 vs 6 public rows
- Reading
- GLM-5.2 leads · intervals overlap
Instruction following
Directional only- GLM-5.2
- 89.8
- #22/123
- Inkling-Small
- 89.6
- #25/123
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 0 vs 1 weighted rows
- Reading
- Directional only
Reasoning
Not comparable- GLM-5.2
- 74.8
- Unranked · 2 rankable rows
- Inkling-Small
- 42.7
- Unranked · 3 rankable rows
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 0 vs 1 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Math
Not comparable- GLM-5.2
- 80.7
- Unranked · 4 rankable rows
- Inkling-Small
- 76.9
- Unranked · 2 rankable rows
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 2 vs 2 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multilingual
Not comparable- GLM-5.2
- Not ranked
- Inkling-Small
- Not ranked
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
Multimodal
Not comparable- GLM-5.2
- Not ranked
- Inkling-Small
- 48.8
- #39/48
- Basis
- Provisional lane · 0 vs 2 weighted rows
- Reading
- Not comparable
| Category | GLM-5.2 | Inkling-Small | Basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | 58.5Supported · #28/152 | 36.9Supported · #128/152 | Like-for-likeBenchAlign lane · 6 vs 5 public rows | GLM-5.2 leads |
| Coding | 61.0Supported · #19/151 | 43.8Supported · #97/151 | Like-for-likeBenchAlign lane · 8 vs 6 public rows | GLM-5.2 leads · intervals overlap |
| Knowledge | 60.7Supported · #35/183 | 56.5Supported · #46/183 | Like-for-likeBenchAlign lane · 6 vs 6 public rows | GLM-5.2 leads · intervals overlap |
| Instruction following | 89.8#22/123 | 89.6#25/123 | Directional onlyProvisional lane · 0 vs 1 weighted rows | Directional only |
| Reasoning | 74.8Unranked · 2 rankable rows | 42.7Unranked · 3 rankable rows | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 1 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Math | 80.7Unranked · 4 rankable rows | 76.9Unranked · 2 rankable rows | Not comparableProvisional lane · 2 vs 2 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | Not ranked | 48.8#39/48 | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 2 weighted rows | Not comparable |
Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.
Shape of the matched evidence
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.
LiveCodeBench (Vals)
Coding
Terminal-Bench 2.0
Agentic
HLE w/o tools
Knowledge
HLE
Knowledge
SWE-bench Pro
Coding
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
Chat turn
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
- GLM-5.2
- $0.0036
- Fits in one request
- Inkling-Small
- $0.0013
- Fits in one request
Inkling-Small has the lower modeled cost
Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Repository review
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
- GLM-5.2
- $0.0832
- Fits in one request
- Inkling-Small
- $0.03332
- Fits in one request
Inkling-Small has the lower modeled cost
Costs use the listed standard API rates.
Cache-heavy agent loop
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
- GLM-5.2
- $0.352
- Fits in one request
- Cached input priced at the published list-input rate
- Inkling-Small
- $0.0492
- Fits in one request
Inkling-Small has the lower modeled cost
GLM-5.2 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.
Specification differences
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
SpecificationGLM-5.2Inkling-Small
Context window
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
GLM-5.2
1M
Inkling-Small
1M
API model ID
GLM-5.2
Not sourced
Inkling-Small
Not sourced
Cached-input rate
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
GLM-5.2
Not published
Inkling-Small
$0.116 per 1M cached input tokens
Documented inputs
GLM-5.2
Not sourced
Inkling-Small
Not sourced
Documented outputs
GLM-5.2
Not sourced
Inkling-Small
Not sourced
Provider availability
GLM-5.2
Not sourced
Inkling-Small
Not sourced
Reasoning profile
GLM-5.2
Reasoning
Inkling-Small
Hybrid
Weight access
GLM-5.2
Open Weight
Inkling-Small
Open Weight
License
GLM-5.2
Open Weight
Inkling-Small
Open Weight
Release date
GLM-5.2
2026-06-16
Inkling-Small
2026-07-30
If you already use one of these models
- Deployment change
- The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
- Quality signal
- GLM-5.2 has the higher public score estimate, 68.12 versus 59.25, but the 90% score intervals overlap.
- Workload cost
- Repository review: $0.0832 vs $0.03332. Cache-heavy agent loop: $0.352 vs $0.0492.
- Context tradeoff
- Both models list 1M.
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.
Benchmark evidence
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
Browse raw public benchmark evidence34 rows
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 3.0
GLM-5.24.6%SourceInkling-Small—Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0
GLM-5.281%SourceInkling-Small64.7%SourceGLM-5.2 leads this result
MCP Atlas
GLM-5.276.8%SourceInkling-Small79.6%SourceInkling-Small leads this result
Toolathlon
GLM-5.248.2%SourceInkling-Small—Not directly comparable
ResearchClawBench
GLM-5.220.7%SourceInkling-Small—Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)
GLM-5.267.8%SourceInkling-Small55.1%SourceGLM-5.2 leads this result
BrowseComp
GLM-5.2—Inkling-Small77.4%SourceNot directly comparable
Toolathlon-Verified
GLM-5.2—Inkling-Small54.4%SourceNot directly comparable
Coding
SWE-bench Pro
GLM-5.262.1%SourceInkling-Small55.9%SourceGLM-5.2 leads this result
NL2Repo
GLM-5.248.9%SourceInkling-Small—Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.0
GLM-5.281.0%SourceInkling-Small64.7%SourceGLM-5.2 leads this result
ProgramBench
GLM-5.263.7%SourceInkling-Small—Not directly comparable
cursorBench32
GLM-5.255.0%SourceInkling-Small—Not directly comparable
OpenHarmony Bench
GLM-5.258.4%SourceInkling-Small—Not directly comparable
LiveCodeBench (Vals)
GLM-5.269.5%SourceInkling-Small85.9%SourceInkling-Small leads this result
SWE-bench (Vals)
GLM-5.282.8%SourceInkling-Small82.2%SourceGLM-5.2 leads this result
SWE-bench Verified
GLM-5.2—Inkling-Small80.2%SourceNot directly comparable
SciCode
GLM-5.2—Inkling-Small48.7%SourceNot directly comparable
Reasoning
Knowledge
GPQA
GLM-5.291.2%SourceInkling-Small89.5%SourceGLM-5.2 leads this result
GPQA-D
GLM-5.291.2%SourceInkling-Small89.5%SourceGLM-5.2 leads this result
HLE
GLM-5.254.7%SourceInkling-Small47.8%SourceGLM-5.2 leads this result
HLE w/o tools
GLM-5.240.5%SourceInkling-Small31.6%SourceGLM-5.2 leads this result
GPQA Diamond (Vals)
GLM-5.285.6%SourceInkling-Small83.6%SourceGLM-5.2 leads this result
MMLU-Pro (Vals)
GLM-5.286.7%SourceInkling-Small85.6%SourceGLM-5.2 leads this result
Math
Multimodal
Instruction following
IFBench
GLM-5.2—Inkling-Small82.2%SourceNot directly comparable
Frequently asked questions
Which is better, GLM-5.2 or Inkling-Small?
GLM-5.2 has the higher public score estimate, 68.12 versus 59.25, but the 90% score intervals overlap. The higher estimate is not a decisive winner because the uncertainty ranges overlap.
Which is better for coding, GLM-5.2 or Inkling-Small?
GLM-5.2 leads the public coding lane, 61 to 43.8, with Supported evidence for both models, although the 90% intervals overlap.
Which is better for agentic tasks, GLM-5.2 or Inkling-Small?
GLM-5.2 leads the public agentic tasks lane, 58.5 to 36.9, with Supported evidence for both models and non-overlapping 90% intervals.
Which costs less, GLM-5.2 or Inkling-Small?
For the stated presets, chat costs $0.0036 on GLM-5.2 and $0.0013 on Inkling-Small; repository review costs $0.0832 and $0.03332; the cache-heavy agent loop costs $0.352 and $0.0492. GLM-5.2 has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate.
Which has the larger context window, GLM-5.2 or Inkling-Small?
Both models list the same context window, 1M.
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