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GPT-5.6 Luna vs GLM 5.2 compared across coding, reasoning, long context, tools, pricing, licensing and deployment. After Luna's permanent 80% price cut, Luna has the stronger managed capability and economics package; GLM 5.2 brings MIT weights and openness.
Hy3 (295B MoE, Apache 2.0, $0.80/1M) vs GLM 5.2 (753B MoE, MIT, $4.40/1M). GLM 5.2 wins every coding benchmark by 4-18 points. Hy3 counters with MCP Atlas #1 open-weight (79.1%), BrowseComp 84.2%, DeepSearchQA 91.0%, 47% fewer tokens, and 5.5× cheaper. Full comparison with 5 charts and a 10-point verdict.
Claude Sonnet 5 vs GLM 5.2: near-ties on every benchmark (±0.6-2.7 pts). GLM 2.3× cheaper on output, MIT open-weight, self-hostable. Sonnet has OSWorld, BrowseComp, Anthropic safety ecosystem. Proprietary premium vs open-weight value — Sonnet's $2/$10 is now permanent.