Models

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free) vs GLM 5.2

Context lengths are 1,048,576 tokens on Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free) and 1,000,000 tokens on GLM 5.2. On the LMArena coding leaderboard Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free) scores 1509 and GLM 5.2 scores 1505.

GoogleGemini 3 Flash Preview (free)Z.AIGLM 5.2
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Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free)
Google · text, image, audio, video → text

gemini-3-flash-preview-free is the free, publicly available version of gemini-3-flash-preview, offering the same model capabilities with usage limits in place to ensure service stability. Limits include up to 5 requests per minute, a maximum of 250 requests per day, and a daily quota of 500,000 tokens. Free usage is based on shared capacity and is limited in availability. This version is intended for testing and light usage; for consistent and reliable access, please switch to the paid model.

Input$0.00 /M
Output$0.00 /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.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free)
GLM 5.2
Input /M
$0.00
$1.13
Output /M
$0.00
$3.94
Cache read /M
$0.00
$0.28
Context length
1,048,576
1,000,000
Max output
65,536
128,000
Time to First Token
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1.1 s
Throughput
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38.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimageaudiovideo
text
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsthinking
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
gemini-3-flash-preview-freeglm-5.2
1420146015001540
Overall
14701473
Coding
15051509
Math
14751476
Hard prompts
14881492
Instruction following
14581462
Multi-turn
14701483
Creative writing
14501459
Longer query
14751479
Chinese
15161521
English
14751477
WebDev Arena
gemini-3-flash-preview-freeglm-5.2
1380146015401620
Overall
14371582
React
14301594
HTML
14401537
Gaming
14521617
Simulations
14171606
Data analytics
14131542

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 3 Flash Preview (free)
$0.00 /mo
GLM 5.2
$127 /mo

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

FAQ

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free): 1509; GLM 5.2: 1505 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

How large is each context window?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free) accepts 1,048,576 and GLM 5.2 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 65,536 tokens on Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free) and 128,000 tokens on GLM 5.2.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free) accepts text, image, audio and video input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and thinking; GLM 5.2 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Gemini 3 Flash Preview (free) 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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