Models

coding-glm-5-free vs glm-5.2

Discounted rates are shown where a promotion is active. On the LMArena coding leaderboard coding-glm-5-free scores 1496 and glm-5.2 scores 1506.

Z.AIcoding-glm-5-freeZ.AIglm-5.2
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coding-glm-5-free
Z.AI · text → text

coding-glm-5-free is the open and free version of coding-glm-5. To ensure stable service performance, usage limits are in place: up to 5 requests per minute, 500 requests per day, and a daily token allowance of 1 million.

Input$0.00 /M
Output$0.00 /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.

coding-glm-5-free
glm-5.2
Input /M
$0.00
$1.13$0.7930%
Output /M
$0.00
$3.94$2.7630%
Cache read /M
$0.00
$0.28$0.2030%
Context length
0
1,000,000
Max output
0
128,000
Time to First Token
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1.1 s
Throughput
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49.2 tok/s
Modalities
text
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction 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.

coding-glm-5-freeglm-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.

coding-glm-5-freeglm-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
coding-glm-5-freeglm-5.2
1420146015001540
Overall
14581471
Coding
14961506
Math
14391474
Hard prompts
14791488
Instruction following
14481465
Multi-turn
14691471
Creative writing
14491450
Longer query
14711480
Chinese
15211526
English
14711480
WebDev Arena
coding-glm-5-freeglm-5.2
14001460152015801640
Overall
14351587
React
14251597
HTML
14521540
Gaming
14371620
Simulations
14411610
Data analytics
14291546

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.

coding-glm-5-free
$0.00 /mo
glm-5.2
$127$88.74 /mo

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

FAQ

How do their coding arena scores compare?

glm-5.2: 1506; coding-glm-5-free: 1496 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

coding-glm-5-free 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 coding-glm-5-free 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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