GLM 5.2 Intelligence vs. Token Usage for Local Deployment Discussion

Core summary

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The r/LocalLLaMA community discussed claims of GLM 5.2 achieving 98% max intelligence with half the token usage, noting its reasoning token count actually doubled, making it unusable for some local setups.

Impact & opportunity

What this could mean

Local LLM developers considering GLM 5.2 should weigh its intelligence gains against actual resource consumption, especially on older hardware.