Models

cc-kimi-k2-instruct vs glm-5.2

Output tokens cost $3.30 per million on cc-kimi-k2-instruct and $2.76 per million on glm-5.2. Input tokens cost $1.10 per million on cc-kimi-k2-instruct and $0.79 per million on glm-5.2. Cached input tokens are billed at $1.10 per million on cc-kimi-k2-instruct and $0.20 per million on glm-5.2. Discounted rates are shown where a promotion is active. On the LMArena coding leaderboard cc-kimi-k2-instruct scores 1467 and glm-5.2 scores 1507.

Moonshot AIcc-kimi-k2-instructZ.AIglm-5.2
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cc-kimi-k2-instruct
Moonshot AI · text → text

For Claude code only

Input$1.10 /M
Output$3.30 /M
up to 30% off·00:00–23:59 UTC
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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$0.79 /M
Output$3.94$2.76 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

cc-kimi-k2-instruct
glm-5.2
Input /M
$1.10
$1.13$0.7930%
Output /M
$3.30
$3.94$2.7630%
Cache read /M
$1.10
$0.28$0.2030%
Context length
0
1,000,000
Max output
0
128,000
Time to First Token
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1.0 s
Throughput
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46.1 tok/s
Modalities
text
text
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputs
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
chat_completions · claude_api

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.

cc-kimi-k2-instructglm-5.2

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.

cc-kimi-k2-instructglm-5.2

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
cc-kimi-k2-instructglm-5.2
1360142014801540
Overall
14181470
Coding
14671507
Math
14161476
Hard prompts
14371488
Instruction following
13901464
Multi-turn
14041470
Creative writing
13821448
Longer query
14031480
Chinese
14541521
English
14231479

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$88.74 /mo
cc-kimi-k2-instruct
$116 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: cc-kimi-k2-instruct, glm-5.2?

glm-5.2: $2.76/M output tokens; cc-kimi-k2-instruct: $3.30/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

glm-5.2: 1507; cc-kimi-k2-instruct: 1467 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

cc-kimi-k2-instruct accepts text input and supports 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 cc-kimi-k2-instruct 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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