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.
GLM 5.2 vs Grok Code Fast 1
Output tokens cost $3.94 per million on GLM 5.2 and $0.50 per million on Grok Code Fast 1. Input tokens cost $1.13 per million on GLM 5.2 and $0.20 per million on Grok Code Fast 1. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.28 per million on GLM 5.2 and $0.05 per million on Grok Code Fast 1. Context lengths are 1,000,000 tokens on GLM 5.2 and 256,000 tokens on Grok Code Fast 1. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 0.6s on GLM 5.2 and 1.3s on Grok Code Fast 1. Measured output throughput is 41.5 tok/s on GLM 5.2 and 87.0 tok/s on Grok Code Fast 1.
GLM 5.2Grok 4.1 is a new conversational model with significant improvements in real-world usability, delivering exceptional performance in creative, emotional, and collaborative interactions. It is more perceptive to nuanced user intent, more engaging to converse with, and more coherent in personality, while fully preserving its core intelligence and reliability. Built on large-scale reinforcement learning infrastructure, the model is optimized for style, personality, helpfulness, and alignment, and leverages frontier agentic reasoning models as reward evaluators to autonomously assess and iterate on responses at scale, significantly enhancing overall interaction quality.
Pricing & Specifications
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FAQ
Which is cheaper: GLM 5.2, Grok Code Fast 1?
Grok Code Fast 1: $0.50/M output tokens; GLM 5.2: $3.94/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.
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 Grok Code Fast 1 accepts 256,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on GLM 5.2 and 10,000 tokens on Grok Code Fast 1.
Which one generates tokens faster?
Grok Code Fast 1 at 87.0 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?
GLM 5.2 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; Grok Code Fast 1 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.
Can I call GLM 5.2 and Grok Code Fast 1 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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