Model comparison

GLM-5.2 vs Solar Pro4

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 4.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Solar Pro4 Upstage

42.1

Rank #121 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 8 categories and Solar Pro4 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.2 leads 57.1 to 39.8.
  • Solar Pro4 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.2.
  • GLM-5.2 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 524K.
  • GLM-5.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-5.2 and Solar Pro4 specifications
GLM-5.2Solar Pro4
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Upstage
Noometry Index51.142.1
Released2026-06-132026-08-06
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M524K
Max output131K131K
Input $ / M tokens$1.40$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$4.40$1.20
Results tracked5118

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41), Solar Pro4: 40.1 (#149)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Solar Pro4
LMArena WebDev16031371
LMArena Coding14851437
SWE-bench Verified78.7%—
DeepSWE43.8%—
FrontierCode24.5%—
SciCode50.5%—
WeirdML70.1%—
ALE-Bench1,047—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63), Solar Pro4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Solar Pro4
APEX-Agents45.2%—
τ²-bench Banking37.1%—
PostTrainBench31.7%—
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 28,314—

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52), Solar Pro4: 28.5 (#104)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Solar Pro4
LMArena Hard Prompts14801399
ARC-AGI-222.8%—
SimpleBench58.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark62.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)74.3%—
ARC-AGI-177%—
CritPt20.9%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
EBR-Bench9.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench93.6%—
LMCA45.8%—
Surface Evolver Bench55.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.78—

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43), Solar Pro4: 38.8 (#128)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Solar Pro4
LMArena Math14821416
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.4%—
ProofBench35%—

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40), Solar Pro4: 39.8 (#129)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Solar Pro4
LMArena Expert14861427
GPQA Diamond91.9%—
SimpleQA Verified34.2%—

Multilingual GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26), Solar Pro4: 48.7 (#139)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Solar Pro4
LMArena Non-English14591361
LMArena Chinese15191415
LMArena French14791397
LMArena German14681364
LMArena Japanese14511309
LMArena Korean14451382
LMArena Russian14661360
LMArena Spanish14771401

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34), Solar Pro4: 72.7 (#132)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Solar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following14651377

Long Context GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), Solar Pro4: 42.1 (#130)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Solar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query14791381

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21), Solar Pro4: 56.5 (#138)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Solar Pro4
LMArena Text14701386
LMArena Creative Writing14621316
LMArena Multi-Turn14691385
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1757—
EQ-Bench 41222—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.2 better than Solar Pro4?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 42.1 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 4.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-5.2 or Solar Pro4?

Solar Pro4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; GLM-5.2 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

Is GLM-5.2 or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-5.2 does, with 1M tokens against 524K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and Solar Pro4 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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