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.
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.
GLM 5.2GLM-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.
Pricing & Specifications
Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.
Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.
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Performance Past 3 Days
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LMArena Benchmarks
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Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.
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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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