# Gemma 4 12B vs GLM-5.2

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemma 4 12B and GLM-5.2 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemma-4-12b-vs-glm-5-2
- Last updated: September 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5.2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 12B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GLM-5.2 leads overall 68.19 to 42.86.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 33.7 for Gemma 4 12B and 74.8 for GLM-5.2.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE w/o tools in Knowledge, with scores of 5.2% and 40.5%.
- GLM-5.2 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5.2 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Z.AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 42.86 | 68.19 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 25 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $1.40 / $4.40 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 45 (Estimated · #87/153)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 58.5 (Supported · #29/153)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | 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: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 44.2 (Estimated · #96/152)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 61 (Supported · #19/152)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 72.0% | 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 |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 26.1 (#44/48)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 69.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 79.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 33.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 74.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 20.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: GLM-5.2
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 39 (Supported · #141/183)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 60.7 (Supported · #35/183)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 78.8% | 91.2% | GLM-5.2 |
| GPQA-D | 78.8% | 91.2% | GLM-5.2 |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 5.2% | 40.5% | GLM-5.2 |
| MMMLU | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 54.7% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 90.1 (#21/123)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 89.8 (#22/123)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Gemma 4 12B public-lane score: 57.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 80.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemma 4 12B | GLM-5.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 77.5% | 99.2% | GLM-5.2 |
| 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, Gemma 4 12B or GLM-5.2?

GLM-5.2 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemma 4 12B and GLM-5.2?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 33.7 for Gemma 4 12B and 74.8 for GLM-5.2.

### How many benchmarks does Gemma 4 12B cover on BenchLM?

Gemma 4 12B currently has 12 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

GLM-5.2 currently has 25 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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