Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs GLM-5.2

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 51.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 45 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 45 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 5 categories and GLM-5.2 in 4 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 56.5 to 42.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 61.3% for DeepSeek V4 Pro and 22.8% for GLM-5.2.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper at $0.66 / $1.98 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.2.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and GLM-5.2 specifications
DeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5.2
ProviderDeepSeekZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index54.351.1
Released2026-04-242026-06-13
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M1M
Max output393K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.66$1.40
Output $ / M tokens$1.98$4.40
Results tracked4851

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5.2
SWE-bench Verified77.6%78.7%
FrontierCode28.6%24.5%
LMArena WebDev15821603
SciCode51%50.5%
WeirdML66.2%70.1%
LMArena Coding14701485
ALE-Bench1,4031,047
DeepSWE—43.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5.2
APEX-Agents47.3%45.2%
Vending-Bench 23,2858,314
τ²-bench Banking—37.1%
PostTrainBench—31.7%
GBAEval—0%

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5.2
ARC-AGI-261.3%22.8%
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%62.6%
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%74.3%
ARC-AGI-190.5%77%
CritPt18%20.9%
Chess Puzzles47%21%
LMArena Hard Prompts14611480
Mystery Game Puzzles43%19%
DTBench93.9%93.6%
LMCA45.5%45.8%
Surface Evolver Bench40%55.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index155.31151.78
SimpleBench—58.8%
EBR-Bench—9.5%
ForecastBench56.1—

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5.2
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%59.2%
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%29.3%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.6%67.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.6%86.4%
ProofBench50%35%
LMArena Math14551482

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5.2
GPQA Diamond91.7%91.9%
SimpleQA Verified52.9%34.2%
LMArena Expert14641486
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%—

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5.2
LMArena Non-English14391459
LMArena Chinese14861519
LMArena French14721479
LMArena German14581468
LMArena Japanese14451451
LMArena Korean14471445
LMArena Russian14531466
LMArena Spanish14581477

Instruction Following Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5.2
LMArena Instruction Following14481465

Long Context Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5.2
LMArena Longer Query14581479
CL-bench Life13.5%—

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGLM-5.2
LMArena Text14511470
LMArena Creative Writing14461462
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15531757
EQ-Bench 411661222
LMArena Multi-Turn14671469

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than GLM-5.2?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 51.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro or GLM-5.2?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper. It lists at $0.66 per million input tokens and $1.98 per million output tokens; GLM-5.2 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or GLM-5.2 better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 51.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and GLM-5.2 share?

45 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.2 has 51.

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