Models

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs GLM 5.2

Output tokens cost $9.00 per million on Gemini 3.5 Flash and $3.94 per million on GLM 5.2. Input tokens cost $1.50 per million on Gemini 3.5 Flash and $1.13 per million on GLM 5.2. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.15 per million on Gemini 3.5 Flash and $0.28 per million on GLM 5.2. Context lengths are 1,000,000 tokens on Gemini 3.5 Flash and 1,000,000 tokens on GLM 5.2. Time to first token (TTFT) measured on AIHubMix is 4.0s on Gemini 3.5 Flash and 0.8s on GLM 5.2. Measured output throughput is 118.3 tok/s on Gemini 3.5 Flash and 44.5 tok/s on GLM 5.2. On the LMArena coding leaderboard Gemini 3.5 Flash scores 1507 and GLM 5.2 scores 1505.

GoogleGemini 3.5 FlashZ.AIGLM 5.2
Google logo
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Google · text, image, audio, video → text

Gemini 3.5 Flash provides sustained frontier-level intelligence optimized for real-world tasks at a higher speed and lower cost. Designed for the agentic era, it excels at sub-agent deployment, multi-step workflows, and long-horizon tasks at scale. This model is particularly effective for rapid agentic loops involving complex coding cycles and iterations.

Input$1.50 /M
Output$9.00 /M
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 /M
Output$3.94 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Gemini 3.5 Flash
GLM 5.2
Input /M
$1.50
$1.13
Output /M
$9.00
$3.94
Cache read /M
$0.15
$0.28
Context length
1,000,000
1,000,000
Max output
64,000
128,000
Time to First Token
4.0 s
0.8 s
Throughput
118.3 tok/s
44.5 tok/s
Modalities
textimageaudiovideo
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputswebdeepsearchlong context
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
chat_completions · gemini_api · claude_api
chat_completions · claude_api
Released
May 19, 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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TTFT (s)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
gemini-3.5-flashglm-5.2
1420146015001540
Overall
14701478
Coding
15051507
Math
14751503
Hard prompts
14881496
Instruction following
14621466
Multi-turn
14701485
Creative writing
14501466
Longer query
14791482
Chinese
15161527
English
14761477
WebDev Arena
gemini-3.5-flashglm-5.2
1440150015601620
Overall
14991582
React
14921594
HTML
15191537
Gaming
15261617
Simulations
15171606
Data analytics
14701542

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.

GLM 5.2
$127 /mo
Gemini 3.5 Flash
$225 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Gemini 3.5 Flash, GLM 5.2?

GLM 5.2: $3.94/M output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash: $9.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 1507; GLM 5.2: 1505 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

GLM 5.2: 0.8s 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?

Gemini 3.5 Flash accepts 1,000,000 and GLM 5.2 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 64,000 tokens on Gemini 3.5 Flash and 128,000 tokens on GLM 5.2.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Gemini 3.5 Flash at 118.3 tok/s and GLM 5.2 at 44.5 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Gemini 3.5 Flash accepts text, image, audio and video input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, deep search and long context; GLM 5.2 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Gemini 3.5 Flash 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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