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deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V2.5 vs GLM 5.2

Compare deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V2.5 from DeepSeek 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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deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V2.5
DeepSeek · → text

Input$0.16 /M
Output$0.32 /M
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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$1.1268 /M
Output$3.9438 /M
Cache read$0.2817 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V2.5
GLM 5.2
Input /M
$0.16
$1.1268
Output /M
$0.32
$3.9438
Cache read /M
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$0.2817
Context length
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1,000,000
Max output
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131,072
Time to First Token
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0.7 s
Throughput
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37.0 tok/s
Modalities
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
chat_completions · claude_api
Released
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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.

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V2.5glm-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.

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V2.5glm-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
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V2.5glm-5.2
1240132014001480
Overall
13071472
Coding
13691509
Math
12881476
Hard prompts
13221492
Instruction following
12921465
Multi-turn
12931469
Creative writing
12651451
Longer query
13141482
Chinese
13301517
English
13191480

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.

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V2.5
$14.40 /mo
GLM 5.2
$127 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V2.5, GLM 5.2?

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V2.5: $0.32/M output tokens; GLM 5.2: $3.9438/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

GLM 5.2: 1509; deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V2.5: 1369 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Can I call deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V2.5 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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