Best LLMs for Game Development — Z.ai
The best Z.ai model for game development is GLM 5.2, rated 1340 on Design Arena's game-dev board for playable games and game mechanics. GLM 5 Turbo (1300) and GLM 5 (1279) round out the top three.
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glm-5.2ReasoningToolsJSON51.1 intel · $0.760/M · 179 t/s1340Elo - 2glm-5-turboReasoningToolsJSON38.1 intel · $1.20/M · 203K ctx1300Elo
- 3glm-5ReasoningToolsJSON39.5 intel · $0.950/M · 205K ctx1279Elo
- 4glm-5v-turboReasoningToolsJSON+134.5 intel · $1.20/M · 203K ctx1265Elo
- 5glm-4.7ReasoningToolsJSON33.7 intel · $0.400/M · 496 t/s1233Elo
- 6glm-4.6vReasoningToolsJSON+111.0 intel · $0.300/M · 33 t/s1195Elo
- 7glm-4.6ReasoningToolsJSON23.0 intel · $0.500/M · 38 t/s1195Elo
- 8glm-4.5ReasoningToolsJSON19.5 intel · $0.600/M · 33 t/s1190Elo
- 9glm-4.7-flashReasoningToolsJSON22.9 intel · $0.060/M · 43 t/s1179Elo
- 10glm-4.5-airReasoningTools16.5 intel · $0.130/M · 42 t/s1139Elo
How this is ranked
AI models ranked by Design Arena Elo in the game-development category — building playable games and game mechanics, judged head-to-head by humans. Games are the hardest kind of generated code to fake: the result either runs and plays or it doesn't, which makes this ranking unusually honest about a model's ability to hold state, physics and a game loop together.
Frequently asked
What is the best Z.ai model for game development?
The best Z.ai model for game development is GLM 5.2, rated 1340 on Design Arena's game-dev board for playable games and game mechanics. GLM 5 Turbo (1300) and GLM 5 (1279) round out the top three.
What's a good alternative to GLM 5.2?
GLM 5 Turbo (1300) is the closest alternative on this metric, followed by GLM 5 (1279). See the full ranking above for the tradeoffs.
How many Z.ai models are there?
modelgrep tracks 12 Z.ai models with live benchmarks, speed, latency and per-provider pricing, led on intelligence by GLM 5.2. 10 of them qualify for this ranking.