Models

Claude Opus 5.5 vs GLM 5.2

Compare Claude Opus 5.5 from Anthropic 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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Anthropic logo
Claude Opus 5.5
Anthropic · text, image, pdf → text

Claude Opus 5.5 is Anthropic’s latest flagship model. In Anthropic’s comprehensive alignment testing, Opus 5.5 is the strongest-performing model tested to date. It also includes the safety safeguards Anthropic has developed for its most capable models.

Input$4 /M
Output$20 /M
Cache read$0.2 /M
36% off
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$1.1268$0.7212 /M
Output$3.9438$2.524 /M
Cache read$0.2817$0.1803 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Claude Opus 5.5
GLM 5.2
Input /M
$4
$1.1268$0.721236%
Output /M
$20
$3.9438$2.52436%
Cache read /M
$0.2
$0.2817$0.180336%
Context length
1,000,000
1,000,000
Max output
0
131,072
Time to First Token
4.9 s
1.0 s
Throughput
57.1 tok/s
35.9 tok/s
Modalities
textimagepdf
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
chat_completions · claude_api
Released
September 23, 2026
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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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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Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

GLM 5.2
$127$81.13 /mo
Claude Opus 5.5
$540 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Claude Opus 5.5, GLM 5.2?

GLM 5.2: $2.524/M output tokens; Claude Opus 5.5: $20/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Which responds faster?

GLM 5.2: 1.0s 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?

Claude Opus 5.5 accepts 1,000,000 and GLM 5.2 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Claude Opus 5.5 at 57.1 tok/s and GLM 5.2 at 35.9 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Claude Opus 5.5 accepts text, image and PDF input; GLM 5.2 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Claude Opus 5.5 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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