Model comparison
Command A vs GLM-5.2
GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 1 category and GLM-5.2 in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where GLM-5.2 leads 51.3 to 27.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 10.3% for Command A and 45.8% for GLM-5.2.
- GLM-5.2 is cheaper at $1.40 / $4.40 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- GLM-5.2 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 256K.
Side by side
| Command A | GLM-5.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 51.1 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2026-06-13 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 1M |
| Max output | 8K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $1.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $4.40 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 51 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5.2 leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41)
| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1485 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 78.7% |
| DeepSWE | — | 43.8% |
| FrontierCode | — | 24.5% |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1603 |
| SciCode | — | 50.5% |
| WeirdML | — | 70.1% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,047 |
Agentic & Tool Use Command A leads
Command A: 35.9 (#40), GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63)
| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 45.2% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 37.1% |
| PostTrainBench | — | 31.7% |
| GBAEval | — | 0% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 8,314 |
Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads
Command A: 18.3 (#283), GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52)
| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | 62.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1480 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 93.6% |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 45.8% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 22.8% |
| SimpleBench | — | 58.8% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 77% |
| CritPt | — | 20.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| EBR-Bench | — | 9.5% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 55.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 151.78 |
Math GLM-5.2 leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43)
| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1482 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 59.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 29.3% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 67.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.4% |
| ProofBench | — | 35% |
Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads
Command A: 37.1 (#159), GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40)
| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1486 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 91.9% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 34.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads
Command A: 45.3 (#170), GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26)
| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1459 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1519 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | 1479 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1468 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1445 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1466 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | 1477 |
Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads
Command A: 69.1 (#177), GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34)
| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1465 |
Long Context GLM-5.2 leads
Command A: 40.6 (#151), GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43)
| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1479 |
Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads
Command A: 47.6 (#208), GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21)
| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1462 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | 1757 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1469 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1222 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than GLM-5.2?
GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command A or GLM-5.2?
GLM-5.2 is cheaper. It lists at $1.40 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command A or GLM-5.2 better for coding?
GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GLM-5.2 does, with 1M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Command A and GLM-5.2 share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.2 has 51.