Models

GLM 4.6 vs GLM 5.2

Compare GLM 4.6 from Z.AI and GLM 5.2 from Z.AI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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GLM 4.6
Z.AI · text → text

GLM-4.6 is Zhipu’s latest flagship model (total parameters 355B, activation parameters 32B), comprehensively surpassing GLM-4.5. Its coding capability is aligned with Claude Sonnet 4, making it a top domestic coding model; the context window has been expanded from 128K to 200K, better suited for long code and agent tasks; inference capabilities have been significantly enhanced and support tool invocation during processing; improvements have been made in tool calling, search agents, writing style, role play, and multilingual translation. The model is named glm-4.6 and is provided by three vendors, with calls prioritized to the Sophnet platform.

Input$0.274 /M
Output$1.0959 /M
Cache read$0.0548 /M
36% off
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GLM 5.2
Z.AI · text → text

GLM-5.2 is Z.ai’s flagship model for the era of long-horizon tasks. With a truly usable 1M-token context window, it can handle project-level engineering context, execute long-running tasks more reliably, follow engineering standards more consistently, and complete the full development workflow from requirements to multi-platform deployment in a single task.

Input$1.1268$0.7212 /M
Output$3.9438$2.524 /M
Cache read$0.2817$0.1803 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

GLM 4.6
GLM 5.2
Input /M
$0.274
$1.1268$0.721236%
Output /M
$1.0959
$3.9438$2.52436%
Cache read /M
$0.0548
$0.2817$0.180336%
Context length
204,800
1,000,000
Max output
131,072
128,000
Time to First Token
1.3 s
0.6 s
Throughput
49.6 tok/s
35.9 tok/s
Modalities
text
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
chat_completions · claude_api
Released
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June 16, 2026

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
glm-4.6glm-5.2
13801420146015001540
Overall
14251472
Coding
14591509
Math
14211476
Hard prompts
14421492
Instruction following
14151465
Multi-turn
14221469
Creative writing
14031451
Longer query
14331482
Chinese
14821517
English
14371480
WebDev Arena
glm-4.6glm-5.2
1340142015001580
Overall
13551587
React
15991599
HTML
13631539
Gaming
16251625
Simulations
16121612
Data analytics
15431543

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

GLM 4.6
$32.88 /mo
GLM 5.2
$127$81.13 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GLM 4.6, GLM 5.2?

GLM 4.6: $1.0959/M output tokens; GLM 5.2: $2.524/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

GLM 5.2: 1509; GLM 4.6: 1459 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

GLM 5.2: 0.6s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

GLM 4.6 accepts 204,800 and GLM 5.2 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 131,072 tokens on GLM 4.6 and 128,000 tokens on GLM 5.2.

Which one generates tokens faster?

GLM 4.6 at 49.6 tok/s and GLM 5.2 at 35.9 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

GLM 4.6 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; GLM 5.2 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call GLM 4.6 and GLM 5.2 with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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