# Claude Fable 5.1 vs GLM-5.2

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Fable 5.1 and GLM-5.2 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-glm-5-2
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 13
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Fable 5.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5.2 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Fable 5.1 leads overall 83.18 to 60.5.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 86.9 for Claude Fable 5.1 and 57.9 for GLM-5.2.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) in Mathematics, with scores of 87.805% and 29.268%.
- GLM-5.2 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Fable 5.1 | GLM-5.2 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Z.AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 83.18 | 60.5 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 33 | 30 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $10.00 / $50.00 | $1.40 / $4.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Claude Fable 5.1
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 80.9 (Supported · #2/128)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 57.4 (Supported · #35/128)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | 55.80% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1 | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 41.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 31.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 77.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon Verified Pass@3 | 81.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon Verified Pass³ | 73.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon Verified avg. turns | 23.7 turns | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 85.0% | 67.8% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| ApprenticeBench | 72% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | 58.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 10% | 0% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | Coming soon | 4.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 81.0% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 76.8% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 48.2% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 20.7% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 54.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Claude Fable 5.1
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 76.8 (Supported · #3/150)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 53.7 (Supported · #33/150)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Bug Hunt Bench | 43.0 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 81.2% | 62.1% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| SWE Multilingual | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multimodal | 54.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 67.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 56.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 87.6% | 63.7% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 73.4% | 55.0% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 90.5% | 69.5% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 51.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 40.2% | 31.7% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 48.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 81.0% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 58.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 85.2 (#4/28)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 79.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 97.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 90% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GraphWalks BFS 256K–1M | 65.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 20.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Claude Fable 5.1
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 86.9 (Supported · #2/184)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 57.9 (Supported · #53/184)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 65% | 40.5% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| HLE w/o tools | 60.9% | 40.5% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 93.4% | 85.6% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 92.4% | 86.7% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 91.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 91.2% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 89.9 (#26/148)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 1.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Fable 5.1 public-lane score: 96.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 78.4 (#3/12)

| Benchmark | Claude Fable 5.1 | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 90.175% | 59.206% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 87.805% | 29.268% | Claude Fable 5.1 |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 99.2% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 94.4% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 92.5% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 91.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Fable 5.1 or GLM-5.2?

Claude Fable 5.1 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Fable 5.1 and GLM-5.2?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 86.9 for Claude Fable 5.1 and 57.9 for GLM-5.2.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Fable 5.1 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Fable 5.1 currently has 33 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-5.2 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5.2 currently has 30 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [GLM-5.2 vs GLM-5.3](/compare/glm-5-2-vs-glm-5-3)

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