GLM-5.2 (Max) vs Llama 4 Scout

Which is better for the money: GLM-5.2 (Max) by Z AI or Llama 4 Scout by Meta? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

Z AIGLM-5.2 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 33.70
Total cost: $2097

MetaLlama 4 ScoutOff the frontier

Intelligence: 6.50
Total cost: $73.6

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GLM-5.2 (Max) scores 27.2 points higher (33.7 vs 6.5) but costs 29× as much to run the benchmark ($2097 vs $73.6; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick GLM-5.2 (Max) when you need intelligence above 6.5, and Llama 4 Scout when 6.5 is enough.

Metric	GLM-5.2 (Max)	Llama 4 Scout	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	33.7	6.5	−80.7% Llama 4 Scout is 80.7% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$2,097.29	$73.56	−96.5% Llama 4 Scout is 96.5% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	29.25s	5.06s	−82.7% Llama 4 Scout is 82.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.40 / $4.40	$0.18 / $0.66
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Llama 4 Scout vs GLM-5.2 (Max): 80.7% less intelligence, 96.5% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 82.7% faster end-to-end.

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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.
Llama 4 Scout is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Xhigh) scores 34.60 for $66.8.

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