DeepSeek V2.5 vs GLM-5.2
DeepSeek DeepSeek V2.5 | Z.ai GLM-5.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | DeepSeek | Z.ai |
| Release date | Sep 2024 | Jun 16 2026 |
| Access | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 744B |
Context window | — | 1M |
| Benchmarks | ||
Agentic coding SWE-Bench ProCan the AI fix real bugs in real software? It's handed actual problems from open-source projects and has to write code that genuinely solves them. Higher is better. | — | 62.1% |
Agentic terminal coding Terminal-Bench 2.1Can the AI work in a command-line terminal — running commands and finishing technical setup tasks the way a developer would? Higher is better. | — | 81% |
Multidisciplinary reasoning Humanity's Last Exam · no toolsHumanity's Last Exam — extremely hard expert questions across many subjects, written so you can't just look up the answer. “No tools” means the AI answers on its own. Higher is better. | — | 40.5% |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | — | 91.2% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | DeepSeek V2.5 shipped 653 days before GLM-5.2 | |
Which is better: DeepSeek V2.5 or GLM-5.2?
DeepSeek V2.5 and GLM-5.2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. DeepSeek V2.5 shipped 653 days before GLM-5.2, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — DeepSeek V2.5 and GLM-5.2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
DeepSeek V2.5 was released by DeepSeek on Sep 2024.
GLM-5.2 was released by Z.ai on Jun 16 2026.
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