Models

GLM 5.2 vs Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free)

Compare GLM 5.2 from Z.AI and Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free) from Qwen on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

Z.AIGLM 5.2QwenQwen3.6 Plus Preview (free)
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
Qwen logo
Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free)
Qwen · text → text

This model has been removed from the platform.

Input$0 /M
Output$0 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

GLM 5.2
Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free)
Input /M
$1.1268$0.721236%
$0
Output /M
$3.9438$2.52436%
$0
Cache read /M
$0.2817$0.180336%
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Context length
1,000,000
1,000,000
Max output
128,000
65,535
Time to First Token
0.6 s
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Throughput
35.9 tok/s
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Modalities
text
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
thinkinglong context
API Formats
chat_completions · claude_api
Released
June 16, 2026
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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.

glm-5.2qwen3.6-plus-preview-free

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-5.2qwen3.6-plus-preview-free
13801420146015001540
Overall
14441472
Coding
14931509
Math
14571476
Hard prompts
14661492
Instruction following
14381465
Multi-turn
14411469
Creative writing
14061451
Longer query
14541482
Chinese
14881517
English
14571480
WebDev Arena
glm-5.2qwen3.6-plus-preview-free
1420148015401600
Overall
14631587
React
14571599
HTML
14681539
Gaming
14711625
Simulations
14751612
Data analytics
14441543

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.

Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free)
$0.00 /mo
GLM 5.2
$127$81.13 /mo

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

FAQ

How do their coding arena scores compare?

GLM 5.2: 1509; Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free): 1493 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

How large is each context window?

GLM 5.2 accepts 1,000,000 and Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free) accepts 1,000,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on GLM 5.2 and 65,535 tokens on Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free).

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

GLM 5.2 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free) accepts text input and supports thinking and long context.

Can I call GLM 5.2 and Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free) 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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