DeepSeek-V4-Flash vs GLM-5.2
DeepSeek DeepSeek-V4-Flash | Z.ai GLM-5.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | DeepSeek | Z.ai |
| Release date | Apr 24 2026 | Jun 16 2026 |
| Access | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 744B |
Context window | — | 1M |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 18% | — |
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. | 88.1% | 91.2%Best |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | DeepSeek-V4-Flash shipped 53 days before GLM-5.2 | |
Which is better: DeepSeek-V4-Flash or GLM-5.2?
GLM-5.2 leads DeepSeek-V4-Flash on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (GPQA Diamond). DeepSeek-V4-Flash shipped 53 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.
On GPQA Diamond, GLM-5.2 leads at 91.2% vs DeepSeek-V4-Flash at 88.1%.
Frequently asked questions
DeepSeek-V4-Flash was released by DeepSeek on Apr 24 2026.
GLM-5.2 was released by Z.ai on Jun 16 2026.
GLM-5.2 leads on GPQA Diamond — DeepSeek-V4-Flash 88.1% vs GLM-5.2 91.2%.
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