Models

GLM 4.6 Vision vs Grok 4.5

Compare GLM 4.6 Vision from Z.AI and Grok 4.5 from Grok on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

Z.AIGLM 4.6 VisionGrokGrok 4.5
Z.AI logo
GLM 4.6 Vision
Z.AI · text, image, video → text

Zhipu's latest visual reasoning model achieves state-of-the-art visual understanding accuracy at the same scale upon release. It natively supports tool invocation, can automatically complete tasks, supports ultra-long 128K context length, and allows flexible toggling of reasoning.

Input$0.14 /M
Output$0.41 /M
Grok logo
Grok 4.5
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.5 was trained on datasets spanning knowledge in coding, science, engineering, and math. With both intelligent and efficient reasoning, Grok 4.5 excels at real engineering tasks and exceeds comparable leading models at these tasks.

Input$2.00 /M
Output$6.00 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

GLM 4.6 Vision
Grok 4.5
Input /M
$0.14
$2.00
Output /M
$0.41
$6.00
Cache read /M
$0.03
$0.50
Context length
128,000
500,000
Max output
128,000
500,000
Time to First Token
11.1 s
1.5 s
Throughput
35.4 tok/s
25.6 tok/s
Modalities
textimagevideo
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
API Formats
Released
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July 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.

glm-4.6vgrok-4.5

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-4.6vgrok-4.5
1320138014401500
Overall
13771470
Coding
14181523
Math
14781478
Hard prompts
13831495
Instruction following
13681466
Multi-turn
13671477
Creative writing
13441449
Longer query
13791485
Chinese
15111511
English
13951475
Vision
glm-4.6vgrok-4.5
11201180124013001360
Overall
11641282
OCR
11701295
Diagram
11851321
Homework
11531328

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 4.6 Vision
$14.39 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GLM 4.6 Vision, Grok 4.5?

GLM 4.6 Vision: $0.41/M output tokens; Grok 4.5: $6.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Grok 4.5: 1523; GLM 4.6 Vision: 1418 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Grok 4.5: 1.5s 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?

GLM 4.6 Vision accepts 128,000 and Grok 4.5 accepts 500,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on GLM 4.6 Vision and 500,000 tokens on Grok 4.5.

Which one generates tokens faster?

GLM 4.6 Vision at 35.4 tok/s and Grok 4.5 at 25.6 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

GLM 4.6 Vision accepts text, image and video input; Grok 4.5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context.

Can I call GLM 4.6 Vision and Grok 4.5 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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