Models

CC MiniMax M3 vs GLM 5.2

Compare CC MiniMax M3 from Minimax 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.

MinimaxCC MiniMax M3Z.AIGLM 5.2
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CC MiniMax M3
Minimax · text → text

For Claude Code only

Input$0.10 /M
Output$0.10 /M
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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$1.13 /M
Output$3.94 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

CC MiniMax M3
GLM 5.2
Input /M
$0.10
$1.13
Output /M
$0.10
$3.94
Cache read /M
$0.10
$0.28
Context length
0
1,000,000
Max output
0
128,000
Time to First Token
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1.1 s
Throughput
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33.6 tok/s
Modalities
text
text
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction 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
cc-minimax-m3glm-5.2
13801420146015001540
Overall
14471470
Coding
15011505
Math
14431475
Hard prompts
14671488
Instruction following
14401462
Multi-turn
14541470
Creative writing
14061450
Longer query
14541479
Chinese
14751516
English
14591477
WebDev Arena
cc-minimax-m3glm-5.2
1420148015401600
Overall
15011582
React
15031594
HTML
14551537
Gaming
16171617
Simulations
16061606
Data analytics
15421542

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.

CC MiniMax M3
$7.50 /mo
GLM 5.2
$127 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: CC MiniMax M3, GLM 5.2?

CC MiniMax M3: $0.10/M output tokens; GLM 5.2: $3.94/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

GLM 5.2: 1505; CC MiniMax M3: 1501 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

CC MiniMax M3 accepts text input and supports 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 CC MiniMax M3 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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