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Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite vs GLM 5.2

Output tokens cost $0.40 per million on Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and $3.94 per million on GLM 5.2. Input tokens cost $0.10 per million on Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and $1.13 per million on GLM 5.2. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.01 per million on Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and $0.28 per million on GLM 5.2. Context lengths are 1,048,576 tokens on Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and 1,000,000 tokens on GLM 5.2. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 0.9s on Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and 0.6s on GLM 5.2. Measured output throughput is 89.0 tok/s on Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and 41.5 tok/s on GLM 5.2. On the LMArena coding leaderboard Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite scores 1424 and GLM 5.2 scores 1505.

GoogleGemini 2.5 Flash LiteZ.AIGLM 5.2
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Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Google · text, image, audio, video → text

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is a balanced model from Google, optimized for applications that require low-latency performance. It retains the practical capabilities of the Gemini 2.5 family, including configurable reasoning based on budget, integration with tools such as grounding via Google Search and code execution, multimodal input support, and an ultra-long context window of up to 1 million tokens, delivering a strong balance between efficiency, functionality, and cost.

Input$0.10 /M
Output$0.40 /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
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Pricing & Specifications

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

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
GLM 5.2
Input /M
$0.10
$1.13
Output /M
$0.40
$3.94
Cache read /M
$0.01
$0.28
Context length
1,048,576
1,000,000
Max output
65,536
128,000
Time to First Token
0.9 s
0.6 s
Throughput
89.0 tok/s
41.5 tok/s
Modalities
textimageaudiovideo
text
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
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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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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LMArena Benchmarks

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

Text
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13801420146015001540
Overall
14111470
Coding
14241505
Math
14061475
Hard prompts
14201488
Instruction following
14021462
Multi-turn
14031470
Creative writing
13971450
Longer query
14191479
Chinese
14451516
English
14121477

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.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
$12.00 /mo
GLM 5.2
$127 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite, GLM 5.2?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite: $0.40/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; Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite: 1424 (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?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite accepts 1,048,576 and GLM 5.2 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 65,536 tokens on Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and 128,000 tokens on GLM 5.2.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite at 89.0 tok/s and GLM 5.2 at 41.5 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite accepts text, image, audio and video input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context; GLM 5.2 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite 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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