# GLM-4.6 vs GPT-5.2-Codex

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-4.6 and GPT-5.2-Codex across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-4-6-vs-gpt-5-2-codex
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GLM-4.6 and GPT-5.2-Codex share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- GPT-5.2-Codex has the larger published context window at 400K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-4.6 | GPT-5.2-Codex |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | OpenAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 400K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 39.66 | 49.86 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $1.75 / $14.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 34.6 (Estimated · #68/117)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | GPT-5.2-Codex | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 51.79% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 26.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 27.4 (Estimated · #99/143)
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 45.2 (Supported · #52/143)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | GPT-5.2-Codex | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 3.09% | 37.91% | GPT-5.2-Codex |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 81.0% | 88.0% | GPT-5.2-Codex |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 72.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 40.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 78.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 73.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 36 (Supported · #111/169)
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #60/169)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | GPT-5.2-Codex | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 74.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 40.7 (#99/124)
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: 92.4 (#3/124)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 27.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GPT-5.2-Codex public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | GPT-5.2-Codex | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 3.819% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 2.128% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GLM-4.6 and GPT-5.2-Codex?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, 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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