GPT-5.2 Pro vs GLM-5

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

GPT-5.2 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 90 to 65. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.2 Pro's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 84.8 against 41.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 81 to 35.

GPT-5.2 Pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while GLM-5 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. GPT-5.2 Pro gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 200K for GLM-5.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.2 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5 only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

85.9

GLM-5

62.3

88
Terminal-Bench 2.0
63
88
BrowseComp
67
82
OSWorld-Verified
58

Coding

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

84.8

GLM-5

41.1

93
HumanEval
80
83
SWE-bench Verified
46
81
LiveCodeBench
35
89
SWE-bench Pro
46

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

96

GLM-5

69.2

96
MMMU-Pro
66
96
OfficeQA Pro
73

Reasoning

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95.2

GLM-5

79.4

97
SimpleQA
84
95
MuSR
82
98
BBH
83
93
LongBench v2
77
95
MRCRv2
73

Knowledge

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

81.5

GLM-5

62.1

99
MMLU
88
99
GPQA
86
97
SuperGPQA
84
95
OpenBookQA
82
90
MMLU-Pro
74
44
HLE
13
93
FrontierScience
74

Instruction Following

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

95

GLM-5

85

95
IFEval
85

Multilingual

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

93.4

GLM-5

82.1

96
MGSM
84
92
MMLU-ProX
81

Mathematics

GPT-5.2 Pro

GPT-5.2 Pro

98.2

GLM-5

84.8

99
AIME 2023
88
99
AIME 2024
90
99
AIME 2025
89
96
HMMT Feb 2023
84
98
HMMT Feb 2024
86
97
HMMT Feb 2025
85
97
BRUMO 2025
87
99
MATH-500
82

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.2 Pro or GLM-5?

GPT-5.2 Pro is ahead overall, 90 to 65. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 81 and 35.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or GLM-5?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.5 versus 62.1. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.2 Pro or GLM-5?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 84.8 versus 41.1. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.2 Pro or GLM-5?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98.2 versus 84.8. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.2 Pro or GLM-5?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 95.2 versus 79.4. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or GLM-5?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.9 versus 62.3. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or GLM-5?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 69.2. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.2 Pro or GLM-5?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 85. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.2 Pro or GLM-5?

GPT-5.2 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.4 versus 82.1. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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