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title: "GLM-5.2"
type: entity
entity_type: model
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/models/glm-5-2
updated: 2026-10-05T19:33:53.000Z
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# GLM-5.2

Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/models/glm-5-2

- **Type:** Model
- **Signals:** 8
- **First seen:** Aug 12, 2026
- **Last seen:** Oct 5, 2026

## Recent signals

- [Reflection debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/reflection-debuts-beam-an-open-weight-ai-model-to-rival-chinese-models-40811a15) (Oct 5, 2026)
- [NYC-based Reflection unveils Beam, an open model it says rivals GLM 5.2 on reasoning while using 3x-4x less compute and approaches Qwen3.8-Max on agentic tasks (Semafor)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/nyc-based-reflection-unveils-beam-an-open-model-it-says-rivals-glm-5-2-973001a5) (Oct 5, 2026)
- [Z.ai releases GLM-5.3-Flash, the first natively multimodal GLM-5 series model, with 320B parameters, saying it outperforms GLM-5.2 at "one-tenth the price"](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/z-ai-releases-glm-5-3-flash-the-first-natively-multimodal-glm-5-series-fa2b22ab) (Aug 27, 2026)
- [Shanghai-based MiniMax reports H1 2026 revenue up 283% YoY to \~$116.6M, above 2025's 159% YoY growth, as its M3 model lags behind rivals like Z.ai's GLM-5.2](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/shanghai-based-minimax-reports-h1-2026-revenue-up-283-yoy-to-116-6m-4d9023ac) (Aug 26, 2026)
- [Z.ai prices GLM-5.3 API access at $1.40/1M input tokens and $4.40/1M output tokens, unchanged from GLM-5.2; Kimi K3 costs $3/1M input and $15/1M output tokens](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/z-ai-prices-glm-5-3-api-access-at-1-40-1m-input-tokens-and-4-40-1m-d84a3764) (Aug 19, 2026)
- [Z.ai's GLM-5.3 scores 60 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, seven points above GLM-5.2, on par with Kimi K3, but below Opus 5's 63 and Fable 5's 62](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/z-ais-glm-5-3-scores-60-on-the-artificial-analysis-intelligence-index-187f3b34) (Aug 19, 2026)
- [Z.ai debuts GLM-5.3, which uses the same base model as GLM-5.2 with scaled post-training for stronger coding skills, and says it'll release weights in two weeks (Z.ai)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/z-ai-debuts-glm-5-3-which-uses-the-same-base-model-as-glm-5-2-with-91fde034) (Aug 14, 2026)
- [Mistral says its platform will support third-party open models, starting with Z.ai's GLM-5.2, and run them on the same infrastructure as its own models (Mistral AI Blog)](https://frontiernewswire.com/s/mistral-says-its-platform-will-support-third-party-open-models-9870d1d2) (Aug 12, 2026)

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- [Beam](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/beam) (Model)
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- [Reflection AI](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/reflection-ai) (Company)
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- [GLM-5.3-Flash](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/glm-5-3-flash-model) (Model)

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