Models

ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview vs GLM 5.2

Output tokens cost $3.29 per million on ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview and $3.94 per million on GLM 5.2. Input tokens cost $0.82 per million on ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview and $1.13 per million on GLM 5.2. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.82 per million on ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview and $0.28 per million on GLM 5.2. Context lengths are 183,000 tokens on ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview and 1,000,000 tokens on GLM 5.2. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 6.5s on ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview and 1.1s on GLM 5.2. Measured output throughput is 72.1 tok/s on ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview and 37.1 tok/s on GLM 5.2. On the LMArena coding leaderboard ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview scores 1491 and GLM 5.2 scores 1505.

BaiduERNIE 5.0 Thinking PreviewZ.AIGLM 5.2
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ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview
Baidu · text → text

The new generation Wenxin model, Wenxin 5.0, is a native full-modal large model that adopts native full-modal unified modeling technology, jointly modeling text, images, audio, and video, possessing comprehensive full-modal capabilities. Wenxin 5.0's basic abilities are comprehensively upgraded, performing excellently on benchmark test sets, especially in multimodal understanding, instruction compliance, creative writing, factual accuracy, intelligent agent planning, and tool application.

Input$0.82 /M
Output$3.29 /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.

ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview
GLM 5.2
Input /M
$0.82
$1.13
Output /M
$3.29
$3.94
Cache read /M
$0.82
$0.28
Context length
183,000
1,000,000
Max output
64,000
128,000
Time to First Token
6.5 s
1.1 s
Throughput
72.1 tok/s
37.1 tok/s
Modalities
text
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingstructured outputsfunction calling
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
ernie-5.0-thinking-previewglm-5.2
1400144014801520
Overall
14471470
Coding
14911505
Math
14381475
Hard prompts
14651488
Instruction following
14271462
Multi-turn
14411470
Creative writing
14231450
Longer query
14401479
Chinese
14961516
English
14511477

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.

ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview
$98.64 /mo
GLM 5.2
$127 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview, GLM 5.2?

ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview: $3.29/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; ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview: 1491 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

GLM 5.2: 1.1s 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?

ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview accepts 183,000 and GLM 5.2 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 64,000 tokens on ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview and 128,000 tokens on GLM 5.2.

Which one generates tokens faster?

ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview at 72.1 tok/s and GLM 5.2 at 37.1 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview accepts text input and supports thinking, structured outputs and function calling; GLM 5.2 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call ERNIE 5.0 Thinking Preview 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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