Models

GLM 5.2 vs Zai Glm 5 Turbo

Compare GLM 5.2 from Z.AI and Zai Glm 5 Turbo 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 5.2
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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
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Zai Glm 5 Turbo
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Input$1.2 /M
Output$3.9996 /M
Cache read$0.24 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

GLM 5.2
Zai Glm 5 Turbo
Input /M
$1.1268$0.721236%
$1.2
Output /M
$3.9438$2.52436%
$3.9996
Cache read /M
$0.2817$0.180336%
$0.24
Context length
1,000,000
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Max output
128,000
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Time to First Token
0.6 s
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Throughput
35.9 tok/s
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Modalities
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
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.

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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-5.2zai-glm-5-turbo
1420146015001540
Overall
14581472
Coding
14961509
Math
14391476
Hard prompts
14791492
Instruction following
14481465
Multi-turn
14691471
Creative writing
14501451
Longer query
14711482
Chinese
15171526
English
14711480
WebDev Arena
glm-5.2zai-glm-5-turbo
14001460152015801640
Overall
14351587
React
14251599
HTML
14521539
Gaming
14371625
Simulations
14411612
Data analytics
14291543

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 5.2
$127$81.13 /mo
Zai Glm 5 Turbo
$132 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GLM 5.2, Zai Glm 5 Turbo?

GLM 5.2: $2.524/M output tokens; Zai Glm 5 Turbo: $3.9996/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

GLM 5.2: 1509; Zai Glm 5 Turbo: 1496 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Can I call GLM 5.2 and Zai Glm 5 Turbo 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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