# GLM-5.2 vs Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.2 and Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-2-vs-reflection-beam-fp8
- Last updated: October 16, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 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

- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 leads overall 71 to 60.49.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 78.4 for GLM-5.2 and 87.9 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MCP Atlas in Agentic, with scores of 76.8% and 81.5%.
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.2 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Reflection AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 60.49 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 30 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.40 / $4.40 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 57.4 (Supported · #35/128)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 4.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 81.0% | 78.9% | GLM-5.2 |
| MCP Atlas | 76.8% | 81.5% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| 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 |
| HLE w/ tools | 54.7% | 51.1% | GLM-5.2 |
| MazeBench | 0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 36.8% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 76.7% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 79.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 53.7 (Supported · #33/150)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 62.1% | 65.9% | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 |
| NL2Repo | 48.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 81.0% | 78.9% | GLM-5.2 |
| ProgramBench | 63.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 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 |
| PostTrainBench v1.1 | 31.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 43.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 32.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 78.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 48.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 79.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: 85.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 20.9% | 17.4% | GLM-5.2 |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 67.6% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 57.8 (Supported · #53/184)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 91.2% | 90.3% | GLM-5.2 |
| HLE | 40.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 40.5% | 36% | GLM-5.2 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 89.9 (#26/148)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: 89.8 (#28/148)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 80.7% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 78.4 (#3/12)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 public-lane score: 87.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 99.2% | 98.0% | GLM-5.2 |
| 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 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 59.206% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 29.268% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5.2 or Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5.2 and Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 78.4 for GLM-5.2 and 87.9 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8.

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

GLM-5.2 currently has 30 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 cover on BenchLM?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B FP8 currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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