Model comparison

GLM-5.2 vs QwQ-32B

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.9 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

50.9

Rank #38 Confirmed

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.4

Rank #153 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 7 categories and QwQ-32B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.2 leads 57.1 to 37.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 86.4% for GLM-5.2 and 59.2% for QwQ-32B.

Side by side

GLM-5.2 and QwQ-32B specifications
GLM-5.2QwQ-32B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index50.939.4
Released2026-06-132024-11-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked5036

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 50.9 (#37), QwQ-32B: 34.9 (#220)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2QwQ-32B
LMArena Coding14841333
SWE-bench Verified78.7%—
DeepSWE43.8%—
FrontierCode24.5%—
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
LMArena WebDev1604—
SciCode50.5%—
WeirdML70.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—44.6%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.4%
ALE-Bench1,047—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 31.6 (#63), QwQ-32B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2QwQ-32B
τ²-bench Banking37.1%—
PostTrainBench31.7%—
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 28,314—

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 42.1 (#46), QwQ-32B: 22.9 (#171)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2QwQ-32B
Chess Puzzles21%5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14801326
Epoch Capabilities Index151.76137.6
ARC-AGI-222.8%—
SimpleBench58.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark62.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.3%—
ARC-AGI-177%—
CritPt20.9%—
EBR-Bench9.5%—
LiveBench Reasoning—83.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench93.6%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—65%
LMCA45.8%—
Surface Evolver Bench55.6%—
ForecastBench—58.3
LiveBench—72%

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.4 (#35), QwQ-32B: 36.2 (#123)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2QwQ-32B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.4%59.2%
LMArena Math14821359
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
ProofBench35%—
LiveBench Math—77.8%

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#36), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#150)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2QwQ-32B
GPQA Diamond91.9%65.3%
LMArena Expert14841323
SimpleQA Verified34.2%—
Confabulations—15.6%

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 56.0 (#25), QwQ-32B: 45.0 (#171)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2QwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English14591306
LMArena Chinese15181378
LMArena French14761337
LMArena German14701313
LMArena Japanese14511263
LMArena Korean14451278
LMArena Russian14671297
LMArena Spanish14771353

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 77.1 (#32), QwQ-32B: 72.8 (#131)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2QwQ-32B
LMArena Instruction Following14651297
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%

Long Context QwQ-32B leads

GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2QwQ-32B
LMArena Longer Query14791308
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 70.7 (#20), QwQ-32B: 50.9 (#175)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2QwQ-32B
LMArena Text14701329
LMArena Creative Writing14651288
EQ-Bench Creative Writing17571257
LMArena Multi-Turn14681314
Short-Story Creative Writing—80.2%
EQ-Bench 41222—
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.2 better than QwQ-32B?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.9 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5.2 or QwQ-32B better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and QwQ-32B share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 50 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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