Head-to-head comparison across 3benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
GLM-5.2
94
Nemotron 3 Ultra
68
Verified leaderboard positions: GLM-5.2 #9 · Nemotron 3 Ultra #24
Pick GLM-5.2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Ultra only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
Agentic
+29.3 difference
Coding
+12.1 difference
Knowledge
+4.6 difference
GLM-5.2
Nemotron 3 Ultra
$1.4 / $4.4
$0 / $0
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1M
1M
Pick GLM-5.2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3 Ultra only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
GLM-5.2 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 94 to 68. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
GLM-5.2's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 81 against 51.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HLE, 54.7% to 26.7%. Nemotron 3 Ultra does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
GLM-5.2 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.40 input / $4.40 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Nemotron 3 Ultra. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone.
GLM-5.2 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 94 to 68. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HLE, where the scores are 54.7% and 26.7%.
GLM-5.2 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 67.2 versus 62.6. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
Nemotron 3 Ultra has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 74.2 versus 62.1. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
GLM-5.2 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 81 versus 51.7. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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