GLM-5.2 (Max) vs GPT-5.6 Sol (High)

Which is better for the money: GLM-5.2 (Max) by Z AI or GPT-5.6 Sol (High) by OpenAI? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Clear winner

Z AIGLM-5.2 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 33.70
Total cost: $2097

OpenAIGPT-5.6 Sol (High)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 42.30
Total cost: $1487

Verdict

Pick GPT-5.6 Sol (High)

GPT-5.6 Sol (High) vs GLM-5.2 (Max): 25.5% more intelligence, 29.1% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 50.7% faster end-to-end.

Metric	GLM-5.2 (Max)	GPT-5.6 Sol (High)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	33.7	42.3	+25.5% GPT-5.6 Sol (High) is 25.5% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$2,097.29	$1,487.34	−29.1% GPT-5.6 Sol (High) is 29.1% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	28.14s	13.86s	−50.7% GPT-5.6 Sol (High) is 50.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.40 / $4.40	$4.00 / $20.0
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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.
GPT-5.6 Sol (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.

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