# DeepSeek V3 vs GLM-5.2

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V3 and GLM-5.2 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v3-vs-glm-5-2
- Last updated: September 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: DeepSeek V3 and GLM-5.2 share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- DeepSeek V3 has the lower published output-token price.
- GLM-5.2 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-5.2 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Z.AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 41.55 | 68.19 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 25 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.27 / $1.10 | $1.40 / $4.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 36.7 (Estimated · #131/153)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 58.5 (Supported · #29/153)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | Coming soon | 4.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 81% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 76.8% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 48.2% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 20.7% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 67.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.3 (Estimated · #119/152)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 61 (Supported · #19/152)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 42% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 62.1% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 48.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 81.0% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 63.7% | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | Coming soon | 55.0% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 58.4% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 69.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 41.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 74.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 20.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.3 (Estimated · #139/183)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 60.7 (Supported · #35/183)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 59.1% | 91.2% | GLM-5.2 |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 91.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 54.7% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.9 (#104/123)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 89.8 (#22/123)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 86.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 26.2 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 80.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 1.724% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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

### Is there enough evidence to pick between DeepSeek V3 and GLM-5.2?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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