Models

coding-glm-5-free vs grok-4.5

On the LMArena coding leaderboard coding-glm-5-free scores 1496 and grok-4.5 scores 1520.

Z.AIcoding-glm-5-freeGrokgrok-4.5
Z.AI logo
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
Grok logo
grok-4.5
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.5 was trained on datasets spanning knowledge in coding, science, engineering, and math. With both intelligent and efficient reasoning, Grok 4.5 excels at real engineering tasks and exceeds comparable leading models at these tasks.

Input$2.00 /M
Output$6.00 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

coding-glm-5-free
grok-4.5
Input /M
$0.00
$2.00
Output /M
$0.00
$6.00
Cache read /M
$0.00
$0.50
Context length
0
500,000
Max output
0
500,000
Time to First Token
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2.2 s
Throughput
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35.3 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
API Formats

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-freegrok-4.5

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-freegrok-4.5

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-freegrok-4.5
1420146015001540
Overall
14581469
Coding
14961520
Math
14391479
Hard prompts
14791493
Instruction following
14481465
Multi-turn
14711473
Creative writing
14451450
Longer query
14711485
Chinese
15181526
English
14711473
WebDev Arena
coding-glm-5-freegrok-4.5
1400146015201580
Overall
14351554
React
14251555
HTML
14521578
Gaming
14371585
Simulations
14411603
Data analytics
14291520

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
grok-4.5
$210 /mo

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

FAQ

How do their coding arena scores compare?

grok-4.5: 1520; 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; grok-4.5 accepts text and image input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context.

Can I call coding-glm-5-free and grok-4.5 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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