GLM-5.2 (Max) vs GLM-5.3-Flash

Which is better for the money: GLM-5.2 (Max) by Z AI or GLM-5.3-Flash by Z AI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.

Clear winner

Z AIGLM-5.2 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 33.70
Total cost: $2097

Z AIGLM-5.3-FlashOff the frontier

Intelligence: 41.80
Total cost: $306

Verdict

Pick GLM-5.3-Flash

GLM-5.3-Flash vs GLM-5.2 (Max): 24.0% more intelligence, 85.4% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 30.7% slower end-to-end.

Metric	GLM-5.2 (Max)	GLM-5.3-Flash	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	33.7	41.8	+24.0% GLM-5.3-Flash is 24.0% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$2,097.29	$305.52	−85.4% GLM-5.3-Flash is 85.4% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	30.10s	39.33s	+30.7% GLM-5.3-Flash is 30.7% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.40 / $4.40	$0.15 / $0.50
Input modalities	Text	Text, Image

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GLM-5.2 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
GLM-5.3-Flash is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.

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