{"slug": "databricks-makes-chinese-open-source-model-glm-5-2-its-default-coding-engine-it", "title": "Databricks makes Chinese open-source model GLM 5.2 its default coding engine after it matched Opus at lower cost", "summary": "Databricks has adopted the Chinese open-source model GLM 5.2 as its default coding engine after internal benchmarks showed it matched Anthropic's Opus 4.8 in performance at a lower cost of $1.28 per task versus $1.94. The company plans to use it as a daily coding workhorse and advises companies to build their own benchmarks instead of relying on public ones.", "body_md": "Databricks benchmarked coding agents on its own multi-million-line codebase and found that the Chinese open-source model GLM 5.2 matched Anthropic's Opus 4.8 at $1.28 per task versus $1.94. The company plans to roll it out as a daily coding workhorse. Its broader takeaway: no single provider dominates, and companies should build their own benchmarks instead of relying on public ones.\n\nThe article [Databricks makes Chinese open-source model GLM 5.2 its default coding engine after it matched Opus at lower cost](https://the-decoder.com/databricks-makes-chinese-open-source-model-glm-5-2-its-default-coding-engine-after-it-matched-opus-at-lower-cost/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/databricks-makes-chinese-open-source-model-glm-5-2-its-default-coding-engine-it", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/databricks-makes-chinese-open-source-model-glm-5-2-its-default-coding-engine-after-it-matched-opus-at-lower-cost/", "published_at": "2026-07-09 11:03:39+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-09 11:15:52.233184+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["large-language-models", "ai-tools", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Databricks", "GLM 5.2", "Anthropic", "Opus 4.8"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/databricks-makes-chinese-open-source-model-glm-5-2-its-default-coding-engine-it", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/databricks-makes-chinese-open-source-model-glm-5-2-its-default-coding-engine-it.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/databricks-makes-chinese-open-source-model-glm-5-2-its-default-coding-engine-it.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/databricks-makes-chinese-open-source-model-glm-5-2-its-default-coding-engine-it.jsonld"}}