# GLM-5.2 vs Sage-A1.5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.2 and Sage-A1.5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-2-vs-sage-a1-5
- Last updated: October 20, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GLM-5.2 and Sage-A1.5 share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Sage-A1.5 has the lower published output-token price.
- GLM-5.2 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.2 | Sage-A1.5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | InternScience |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 60.52 | 62.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 30 | 12 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.40 / $4.40 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 57.4 (Supported · #37/132)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 57.7 (Estimated · #36/132)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 4.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 54.7% | 55.1% | Sage-A1.5 |
| MazeBench | 0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GAIA | Coming soon | 95.1% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |
| MLE-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 45.4% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 53.6 (Supported · #35/153)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 54 (Estimated · #34/153)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 62.1% | 61.2% | GLM-5.2 |
| NL2Repo | 48.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 81.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 72.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 78.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 80.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 20.9% | 20.0% | GLM-5.2 |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 57.9 (Supported · #54/187)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 91.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 40.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |
| FrontierScience Research | Coming soon | 48.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 89.9 (#28/152)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: 91.9 (#22/152)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Sage-A1.5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 81.6% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 78.4 (#3/12)
- Sage-A1.5 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Sage-A1.5 | 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 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 59.206% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 29.268% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GLM-5.2 and Sage-A1.5?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, 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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