GLM-5.2 vs IBM Granite 4.2 8B: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
GLM-5.2 is developed by Zhipu AI, while IBM Granite 4.2 8B comes from IBM. GLM-5.2 was released in June 2026, and IBM Granite 4.2 8B followed 2 months later in August 2026. GLM-5.2 is the larger model at roughly 753 billion parameters, against 8 billion for IBM Granite 4.2 8B.
The two models share 3 published benchmarks. GLM-5.2 leads on 3 of them. The widest gaps are on Terminal-Bench 2.1, where GLM-5.2 scores 82.7% against 20.6%; SWE-Bench Pro, where GLM-5.2 scores 62.1% against 19.1%. Averaged across everything we track, GLM-5.2 sits at 60.9% and IBM Granite 4.2 8B at 56.7%.
GLM-5.2 is available through an API at $1.40 per million input tokens with a 1M-token context window. We do not track a hosted API for IBM Granite 4.2 8B, so pricing and context cannot be compared directly.
| Characteristic | GLM-5.2 | IBM Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Zhipu AI | IBM |
| Release Date | June 16, 2026 | August 25, 2026 |
| Parameters | 753B | 8B |
| Multimodal | No | No |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | — |
| Context (output) | 131K | — |
| Input Price / 1M | $1.40 | — |
| Output Price / 1M | $4.40 | — |
| Average Score | 60.9% | 56.7% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 82.7% | 20.6% |
| SWE-Bench Pro | 62.1% | 19.1% |
| GPQA | 91.0% | 64.1% |
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Verdict
IBM Granite 4.2 8B leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: GLM-5.2 — 0.6, IBM Granite 4.2 8B — 0.6.
IBM Granite 4.2 8B is newer: released 8/25/2026 vs 6/16/2026.
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