GLM-5.2 (Max) vs Ling 3.1 Flash

Which is better for the money: GLM-5.2 (Max) by Z AI or Ling 3.1 Flash by InclusionAI? 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

InclusionAILing 3.1 FlashOff the frontier

Intelligence: 41.10
Total cost: $1015

Verdict

Pick Ling 3.1 Flash

Ling 3.1 Flash vs GLM-5.2 (Max): 22.0% more intelligence, 51.6% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 51.8% faster end-to-end.

Metric	GLM-5.2 (Max)	Ling 3.1 Flash	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	33.7	41.1	+22.0% Ling 3.1 Flash is 22.0% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$2,097.29	$1,014.56	−51.6% Ling 3.1 Flash is 51.6% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	28.14s	13.56s	−51.8% Ling 3.1 Flash is 51.8% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.40 / $4.40	$0.30 / $0.90
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Open this matchup in the interactive picker GLM-5.2 (Max): what beats it Ling 3.1 Flash: what beats it

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.
Ling 3.1 Flash is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.

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