# GLM-5.2 vs Grok 4.6

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-2-vs-grok-4-6
- Last updated: September 25, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 4.6 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

- Grok 4.6 leads overall 69.19 to 62.52.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 75.9 for GLM-5.2 and 57.6 for Grok 4.6.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 3.0 in Agentic, with scores of 4.6% and 26.5%.
- GLM-5.2 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GLM-5.2 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.2 | Grok 4.6 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | xAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 500K |
| Overall Score | 62.52 | 69.19 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 17 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.40 / $4.40 | $2.00 / $6.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Grok 4.6
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 55.6 (Supported · #26/105)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 67.9 (Supported · #8/105)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 4.6% | 26.5% | Grok 4.6 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 81.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 76.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 48.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 20.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 67.8% | 78.3% | Grok 4.6 |
| APEX-Agents | Coming soon | 57.5% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 13% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Grok 4.6
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 57.2 (Supported · #22/135)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 62 (Supported · #14/135)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 62.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 48.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 81.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 63.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 55.0% | 70.8% | Grok 4.6 |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 58.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 69.5% | 88.2% | Grok 4.6 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.8% | 95.6% | Grok 4.6 |
| Bug Hunt Bench | Coming soon | 27 fixes | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 65.9% | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | Coming soon | 61.3% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 25.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 75.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 57.6 (#16/19)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 20.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | Coming soon | 87.00% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 67.1% | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 2.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Grok 4.6
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 57.2 (Supported · #40/158)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 69 (Supported · #13/158)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 91.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 54.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 40.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | 94.7% | Grok 4.6 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.7% | 89.4% | Grok 4.6 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 88.5 (#23/124)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 80.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Grok 4.6 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 99.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 94.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 92.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | 91.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5.2 or Grok 4.6?

Grok 4.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5.2 and Grok 4.6?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 75.9 for GLM-5.2 and 57.6 for Grok 4.6.

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

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

### How many benchmarks does Grok 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 4.6 currently has 17 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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