# GLM-5.2 vs K-EXAONE 2.0

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.2 and K-EXAONE 2.0 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-2-vs-k-exaone-2-0
- Last updated: September 10, 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. K-EXAONE 2.0 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 0.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 54.7% and 18.3%.
- K-EXAONE 2.0 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 | K-EXAONE 2.0 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | LG AI Research |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 68.12 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 15 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.40 / $4.40 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 58.5 (Supported · #28/152)
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 4.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 81% | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 43.8% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 77.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 61 (Supported · #19/151)
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 62.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 48.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 81.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 37.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 68.2% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 43.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 74.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 20.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 60.7 (Supported · #35/183)
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 91.2% | 82.2% | GLM-5.2 |
| HLE | 54.7% | 18.3% | GLM-5.2 |
| HLE w/o tools | 40.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 83.5% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 89.8 (#22/123)
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 92.4% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 72.6% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| PolyMath | Coming soon | 71.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 80.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- K-EXAONE 2.0 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | K-EXAONE 2.0 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 99.2% | 92.3% | GLM-5.2 |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 94.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 92.5% | 78.4% | GLM-5.2 |
| MMAnswerBench | 91.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 78.6% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5.2 or K-EXAONE 2.0?

GLM-5.2 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### 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 K-EXAONE 2.0 cover on BenchLM?

K-EXAONE 2.0 currently has 15 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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