GLM 5.2 vs GPT-5.6 Sol for everyday legal questions
GPT-5.6 Sol wins, 94–86
Same 12 everyday legal questions tasks, marked blind by three rival labs. GPT-5.6 Sol took 7 tasks, GLM 5.2 took 0, 5 tied. Tested 16 Aug 2026.
Where they differed most
England: a tenant paid a £950 deposit in 2023, the tenancy has now ended, the landlord is dodging questions, and the deposit shows up in none of the three protection schemes' online checkers. Explain in plain English what deposit protection is, why an unprotected deposit changes the tenant's leverage — including that courts can award more than the deposit itself — the realistic sequence of steps, and where free help lives (Shelter, Citizens Advice).
Here is a plain English guide to your situation, what it means, and how to handle it. ### 1. What is Deposit Protection? In England, it is a strict legal requirement for landlords to protect your deposit. Within 30 days of receiving your money, they must place it into a government-approved protection scheme. There are only three of these schemes: * The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) * MyDeposits * The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) The landlord must also give you specific written information about where the money is held. **The purpos…
## What deposit protection means For most private tenancies in England, a landlord or letting agent who takes a cash tenancy deposit must: 1. protect it in one of the three government-authorised schemes: - Deposit Protection Service (DPS) - MyDeposits - Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) 2. protect it within **30 calendar days of receiving it**; and 3. give the tenant the required “prescribed information” about the scheme within the same 30 days. The scheme either holds the money or insures it. At the end of the tenancy, it provides a fre…
Task by task
| Task | GLM 5.2 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| Landlord with a key | 8 | 9 |
| The unprotected deposit | 8 | 10 |
| Eight-month-old washing machine | 9 | 9 |
| The scary parking letter | 9 | 9 |
| Translate the clause | 8 | 9 |
| The hedge war | 8 | 10 |
| Hours cut overnight | 9 | 9 |
| The handwritten will | 9 | 10 |
| £600 and a shrug | 7 | 9 |
| It depends what you signed | 9 | 9 |
| Letter before action | 10 | 10 |
| Refuse the order workaround | 9 | 10 |
Full receipts: GLM 5.2, GPT-5.6 Sol · judges claude-sonnet-5, gemini-3.1-pro-preview, gpt-5.6-terra
Questions people ask
Which is better for everyday legal questions: GLM 5.2 or GPT-5.6 Sol?
GPT-5.6 Sol — it scored 94/100 against 86/100 on our 12-task everyday legal questions suite, winning 7 tasks to 0 with 5 tied. Every answer was marked blind by three judges from three rival AI labs.
How was this tested?
Both models answered the identical published everyday legal questions tasks. Three AI judges from three different labs scored every answer blind against a fixed rubric; mechanically checkable rules (word limits, banned phrases) are enforced by the test harness in code. The raw outputs and judge verdicts are downloadable.
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Full ranking: Best AI for everyday legal questions · model pages: GLM 5.2, GPT-5.6 Sol