GLM 5.2: NEW Opensource KING IS BEATING GPT-5.5 & Opus 4.8! (Fully Tested)
The ZAI team has launched the GLM 5.2, an open-source AI model excelling in web design and coding tasks, outperforming many proprietary models while being cost-effective and efficient.
MAIN POINTS FROM TRANSCRIPT
- GLM 5.2 is an open-source model with a 1 million token context window and two reasoning levels.
- It outperforms proprietary models like Gemini 3.1 Pro in web design and coding tasks.
- The model is significantly cheaper and more efficient, costing just 6 cents compared to competitors.
- GLM 5.2 ranks highly in benchmarks, excelling in front-end development and game development.
TAKEAWAYS
- GLM 5.2 is released under the MIT license with open weights, making it accessible and affordable.
- It shows exceptional performance in long horizon capabilities and complex debugging.
- The model is recommended for use with high reasoning for optimal cost-to-latency results.
- Pricing remains consistent with GLM 5.1, offering competitive rates for input and output tokens.