# GLM-5.2 vs Step 3.7 Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.2 and Step 3.7 Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-2-vs-step-3-7-flash
- Last updated: September 14, 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. Step 3.7 Flash 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 68.19 to 50.02.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 61 for GLM-5.2 and 47.2 for Step 3.7 Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 81% and 59.5%.
- Step 3.7 Flash 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 | Step 3.7 Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | StepFun |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Overall Score | 68.19 | 50.02 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.40 / $4.40 | $0.20 / $1.15 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 58.5 (Supported · #29/153)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 48.6 (Estimated · #65/153)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 4.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 81% | 59.5% | GLM-5.2 |
| MCP Atlas | 76.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 48.2% | 49.5% | Step 3.7 Flash |
| ResearchClawBench | 20.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 67.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 92.8% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 67.1% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 47.2% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 51.57% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 61 (Supported · #19/152)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 47.2 (Estimated · #74/152)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 62.1% | 56.3% | GLM-5.2 |
| NL2Repo | 48.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 81.0% | 59.5% | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 70.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 79.2% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 95.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 74.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 71.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Step 3.7 Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 20.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 60.7 (Supported · #35/183)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 48.5 (Estimated · #93/183)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Step 3.7 Flash | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 89.8 (#22/123)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: 82.1 (#52/123)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 80.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Step 3.7 Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Step 3.7 Flash | 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

### Which is better overall, GLM-5.2 or Step 3.7 Flash?

GLM-5.2 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5.2 and Step 3.7 Flash?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 61 for GLM-5.2 and 47.2 for Step 3.7 Flash.

### 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 Step 3.7 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Step 3.7 Flash currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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