Models

GLM 5.1 vs GLM 5.2

Compare GLM 5.1 from Z.AI 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.

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GLM 5.1
Z.AI · text → text

GLM-5.1 is Zhipu's latest flagship model, with greatly enhanced coding capabilities and significantly improved long-range task performance. It can continuously and autonomously work for up to 8 hours on a single task, completing the full closed loop from planning and execution to iterative optimization, delivering engineering-grade results. In terms of general capability and coding ability, GLM-5.1's overall performance aligns with Claude Opus 4.6, and it demonstrates stronger sustained work capability in long-range autonomous execution, complex engineering optimization, and real-world development scenarios, making it an ideal foundation for building Autonomous Agents and long-horizon Coding Agents.

Input$0.85 /M
Output$3.38 /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.

GLM 5.1
GLM 5.2
Input /M
$0.85
$1.13
Output /M
$3.38
$3.94
Cache read /M
$0.18
$0.28
Context length
200,000
1,000,000
Max output
128,000
128,000
Time to First Token
1.5 s
1.1 s
Throughput
30.1 tok/s
33.7 tok/s
Modalities
text
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
chat_completions · claude_api
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
glm-5.1glm-5.2
1420146015001540
Overall
14681470
Coding
15051515
Math
14751478
Hard prompts
14881491
Instruction following
14621462
Multi-turn
14701479
Creative writing
14491450
Longer query
14791483
Chinese
15161520
English
14771482
WebDev Arena
glm-5.1glm-5.2
14801520156016001640
Overall
15091582
React
15051594
HTML
15201537
Gaming
15431617
Simulations
15471606
Data analytics
14971542

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 5.1
$101 /mo
GLM 5.2
$127 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GLM 5.1, GLM 5.2?

GLM 5.1: $3.38/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 5.1: 1515; GLM 5.2: 1505 (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?

GLM 5.1 accepts 200,000 and GLM 5.2 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on GLM 5.1 and 128,000 tokens on GLM 5.2.

Which one generates tokens faster?

GLM 5.2 at 33.7 tok/s and GLM 5.1 at 30.1 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

GLM 5.1 accepts text input and supports thinking, 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 GLM 5.1 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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