# GLM-5.2 vs Inkling-Small

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-2-vs-inkling-small
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 16
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5.2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Inkling-Small 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 68.12 to 59.25.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 74.8 for GLM-5.2 and 42.7 for Inkling-Small.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is LiveCodeBench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 69.5% and 85.9%.
- Inkling-Small is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.2 | Inkling-Small |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Thinking Machines Lab |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Hybrid |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 68.12 | 59.25 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 25 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.40 / $4.40 | $0.58 / $1.44 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: GLM-5.2
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 58.5 (Supported · #28/152)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 36.9 (Supported · #128/152)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 4.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 81% | 64.7% | GLM-5.2 |
| MCP Atlas | 76.8% | 79.6% | Inkling-Small |
| Toolathlon | 48.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 20.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 67.8% | 55.1% | GLM-5.2 |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 77.4% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 54.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GLM-5.2
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 61 (Supported · #19/151)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 43.8 (Supported · #97/151)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 62.1% | 55.9% | GLM-5.2 |
| NL2Repo | 48.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 81.0% | 64.7% | GLM-5.2 |
| ProgramBench | 63.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 55.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 58.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 69.5% | 85.9% | Inkling-Small |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.8% | 82.2% | GLM-5.2 |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 48.7% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 48.8 (#39/48)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 74% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 81.3% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 77.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 74.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 42.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 20.9% | 8.3% | GLM-5.2 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 40.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: GLM-5.2
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 60.7 (Supported · #35/183)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 56.5 (Supported · #46/183)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.2% | 89.5% | GLM-5.2 |
| GPQA-D | 91.2% | 89.5% | GLM-5.2 |
| HLE | 54.7% | 47.8% | GLM-5.2 |
| HLE w/o tools | 40.5% | 31.6% | GLM-5.2 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | 83.6% | GLM-5.2 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.7% | 85.6% | GLM-5.2 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 89.8 (#22/123)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 89.6 (#25/123)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 82.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 80.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 76.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Inkling-Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 99.2% | 95.5% | GLM-5.2 |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 94.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 92.5% | 90.2% | GLM-5.2 |
| MMAnswerBench | 91.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5.2 or Inkling-Small?

GLM-5.2 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5.2 and Inkling-Small?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 74.8 for GLM-5.2 and 42.7 for Inkling-Small.

### 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 Inkling-Small cover on BenchLM?

Inkling-Small currently has 25 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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