GLM 5.2 is the new open-weight SOTA on the Vals Index, Vibe Code Bench and Terminal Bench!

GLM 5.2 is the new open-weight SOTA on the Vals Index, Vibe Code Bench and Terminal Bench! It is also #5 across all models, and right on the heels of Opus 4.7 - released only two months ago
Ranked #73 on backlist 2026-06-17 (17 Jun 2026 UTC) · by (Vals AI) ·

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