# GLM-5.2 vs Pareto 26.9

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.2 and Pareto 26.9 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-2-vs-pareto-26-9
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GLM-5.2 and Pareto 26.9 share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- GLM-5.2 has the lower published output-token price.
- GLM-5.2 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.2 | Pareto 26.9 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Unbiased |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | N/A |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 66.68 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 4 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.40 / $4.40 | $2.50 / $7.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 58.4 (Supported · #31/154)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Pareto 26.9 | 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 4.0 | Coming soon | 51.00% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 60.8 (Supported · #19/154)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Pareto 26.9 | 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 |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 74.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 78% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 74.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Pareto 26.9 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 20.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 60.3 (Supported · #37/184)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Pareto 26.9 | 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% | 49% | Pareto 26.9 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 88.5 (#23/124)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 80.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Pareto 26.9 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Pareto 26.9 | 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

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GLM-5.2 and Pareto 26.9?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, 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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