Models

dots-3-note-preview-free vs glm-5.2

Discounted rates are shown where a promotion is active. Context lengths are 512,000 tokens on dots-3-note-preview-free and 1,000,000 tokens on glm-5.2.

Dots Studiodots-3-note-preview-freeZ.AIglm-5.2
Dots Studio logo
dots-3-note-preview-free
Dots Studio · text, image → text

Dots3-Note Preview is an open-weight mixture-of-experts model developed by Dots Studio, featuring 16B active parameters out of 280B total. As the lightest model in the Dots 3 family, it is designed for efficient performance while supporting an expansive context length of 512,000 tokens. This preview version provides an accessible way to experience the capabilities of the Dots 3 architecture.

Input$0.00 /M
Output$0.00 /M
up to 50% off·14:00–23:59 UTC
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$1.13$0.56 /M
Output$3.94$1.97 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

dots-3-note-preview-free
glm-5.2
Input /M
$0.00
$1.13$0.5650%
Output /M
$0.00
$3.94$1.9750%
Cache read /M
$0.00
$0.28$0.1450%
Context length
512,000
1,000,000
Max output
0
128,000
Time to First Token
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1.1 s
Throughput
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49.6 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
text
Supported Parameters
reasoningtool callinglong context
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
chat_completions
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.

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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.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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Cost calculator

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

dots-3-note-preview-free
$0.00 /mo
glm-5.2
$127$63.38 /mo

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

FAQ

How large is each context window?

dots-3-note-preview-free accepts 512,000 and glm-5.2 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

dots-3-note-preview-free accepts text and image input and supports reasoning, tool calling and long context; glm-5.2 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call dots-3-note-preview-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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