Comparing 2 models

GPT-6 Astra vs GLM 5.2

Benchmarks through

Verdict

GPT-6 Astra places higher on 3 of the 3 tasks where both are ranked. GLM 5.2 costs 293.3x less per input token. GPT-6 Astra accepts 1.0x more context. Only GLM 5.2 has open weights for self-hosting.

  • Choose GPT-6 Astra for AI Agents (#4), Structured Data Extraction (#7), JSON & Schema Output (#7).
  • Choose GLM 5.2 for you need to self-host.

Built from the published task rankings below; ranks come from each task's own weighted benchmarks, so a win on one task says nothing about another.

metric
Model 1GPT-6 Astra
Model 2GLM 5.2
Best for
Computer & Browser Use (#2)
Best Cheap LLM for High Volume (#2)
Provider
openai
z-ai
Context
1.1MBest
1.0M
Input / 1M
$10
$0.034Best
Output / 1M
$50
$7Best
Tool use
yesBest
yesBest
Vision
yesBest
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Reasoning
yesBest
yesBest
Open-weight
—
yesBest
Released
Sep 4, 2026
Jun 13, 2026

Measured head to head

Benchmarks both models were run on

EvaluationGPT-6 AstraGLM 5.2Source
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (Epoch AI)93.7% ± 1.459.2% ± 3source · 2026-08-30
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI)95.8% ± 1.491.9% ± 1.6source · 2026-08-30
LiveBench Agentic Coding57.3%51.8%source · 2026-10-18
LiveBench Coding80.4%79.7%source · 2026-10-18
LiveBench Data Analysis83.0%73.7%source · 2026-10-18
LiveBench Instruction Following75.6%62.3%source · 2026-10-18
LiveBench Language89.4%76.2%source · 2026-10-18
LiveBench Math96.8%89.8%source · 2026-10-18
LiveBench Reasoning92.7%78.6%source · 2026-10-18
LMArena Agent14.72.1source · 2026-10-20
LMArena Agent Bash Recovery5.50.7source · 2026-10-08
LMArena Agent Steerability14.81.3source · 2026-10-20
LMArena Agent Task Outcome13.33.8source · 2026-10-20
LMArena Agent Tool Hallucination0.70.7source · 2026-10-20
LMArena Creative Writing1421 Elo1462 Elosource · 2026-10-22
LMArena Instruction Following1455 Elo1466 Elosource · 2026-10-22
LMArena Long Query1462 Elo1479 Elosource · 2026-10-22
LMArena Math1466 Elo1484 Elosource · 2026-10-22
LMArena Text1476 Elo1475 Elosource · 2026-10-22
LMArena Text Factuality1466 Elo1463 Elosource · 2026-10-22
LMArena WebDev1775 Elo1604 Elosource · 2026-10-22
OTIS Mock AIME (Epoch AI)100% ± 086.4% ± 4.2source · 2026-08-30
SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI)75.6% ± 1.434.2% ± 1.5source · 2026-08-30

Values are as published by each evaluator, in its own units; rows from different evaluators are not on a common scale.