Databricks makes Chinese open-source model GLM 5.2 its default coding engine after it matched Opus at lower cost

Databricks benchmarked the Chinese open-source model GLM 5.2 on its codebase and found it matched Anthropic's Opus 4.8 in coding performance while costing significantly less ($1.28 vs $1.94 per task). The company plans to deploy GLM 5.2 as its default coding engine, highlighting that companies should develop custom benchmarks rather than relying on public ones.