GLM-5.2 (Max) vs Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh)

Which is better for the money: GLM-5.2 (Max) by Z AI or Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh) by Meta? 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

MetaMuse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 39.60
Total cost: $1385

Verdict

Pick Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh)

Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh) vs GLM-5.2 (Max): 17.5% more intelligence, 33.9% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 28.7% faster end-to-end.

Metric	GLM-5.2 (Max)	Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	33.7	39.6	+17.5% Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh) is 17.5% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$2,097.29	$1,385.40	−33.9% Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh) is 33.9% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	29.25s	20.85s	−28.7% Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh) is 28.7% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.40 / $4.40	$1.25 / $4.25
Input modalities	Text	Text, Image, Speech, Video

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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.
Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.

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