Models

GLM 5.2 vs GPT 5.4

Output tokens cost $3.94 per million on GLM 5.2 and $15.00 per million on GPT 5.4. Input tokens cost $1.13 per million on GLM 5.2 and $2.50 per million on GPT 5.4. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.28 per million on GLM 5.2 and $0.25 per million on GPT 5.4. Context lengths are 1,000,000 tokens on GLM 5.2 and 400,000 tokens on GPT 5.4. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 0.6s on GLM 5.2 and 1.7s on GPT 5.4. Measured output throughput is 47.3 tok/s on GLM 5.2 and 44.9 tok/s on GPT 5.4. On the LMArena coding leaderboard GLM 5.2 scores 1505 and GPT 5.4 scores 1514.

Z.AIGLM 5.2OpenAIGPT 5.4
Z.AI logo
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
OpenAI logo
GPT 5.4
OpenAI · text, image → text

GPT-5.4 is our frontier model for complex professional work.Reasoning.effort supports: none (default), low, medium, high and xhigh.

Input$2.50 /M
Output$15.00 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

GLM 5.2
GPT 5.4
Input /M
$1.13
$2.50
Output /M
$3.94
$15.00
Cache read /M
$0.28
$0.25
Context length
1,000,000
400,000
Max output
128,000
128,000
Time to First Token
0.6 s
1.7 s
Throughput
47.3 tok/s
44.9 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputswebtools
API Formats
chat_completions · claude_api
chat_completions · responses · claude_api
Released
June 16, 2026
March 5, 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-5.2gpt-5.4

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.

glm-5.2gpt-5.4

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-5.2gpt-5.4
1420146015001540
Overall
14661470
Coding
15051514
Math
14601475
Hard prompts
14881488
Instruction following
14621462
Multi-turn
14701481
Creative writing
14371450
Longer query
14791479
Chinese
14961516
English
14691477
WebDev Arena
glm-5.2gpt-5.4
1360144015201600
Overall
13911582
React
13881594
HTML
14231537
Gaming
14091617
Simulations
14251606
Data analytics
14001542

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 5.2
$127 /mo
GPT 5.4
$375 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GLM 5.2, GPT 5.4?

GLM 5.2: $3.94/M output tokens; GPT 5.4: $15.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

GPT 5.4: 1514; GLM 5.2: 1505 (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?

GLM 5.2 accepts 1,000,000 and GPT 5.4 accepts 400,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on GLM 5.2 and 128,000 tokens on GPT 5.4.

Which one generates tokens faster?

GLM 5.2 at 47.3 tok/s and GPT 5.4 at 44.9 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 5.2 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; GPT 5.4 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, function calling, structured outputs, web search and tool calling.

Can I call GLM 5.2 and GPT 5.4 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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