Models

GLM 5.2 vs GPT Chat

Compare GLM 5.2 from Z.AI and GPT Chat from OpenAI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

Z.AIGLM 5.2OpenAIGPT Chat
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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$1.13 /M
Output$3.94 /M
OpenAI logo
GPT Chat
OpenAI · text, image → text

GPT Chat Latest points to OpenAI's stable API alias chat-latest that always resolves to the latest Instant chat model used in ChatGPT. As OpenAI rolls out new Instant model updates in the future, they are routed behind this slug automatically.

Input$5.00 /M
Output$30.00 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

GLM 5.2
GPT Chat
Input /M
$1.13
$5.00
Output /M
$3.94
$30.00
Cache read /M
$0.28
$0.50
Context length
1,000,000
1,050,000
Max output
128,000
128,000
Time to First Token
1.1 s
4.5 s
Throughput
33.6 tok/s
71.8 tok/s
Modalities
text
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputswebtools
API Formats
chat_completions · claude_api
Released
June 16, 2026
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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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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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Cost calculator

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

GLM 5.2
$127 /mo
GPT Chat
$750 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GLM 5.2, GPT Chat?

GLM 5.2: $3.94/M output tokens; GPT Chat: $30.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Which responds faster?

GLM 5.2: 1.1s 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?

GLM 5.2 accepts 1,000,000 and GPT Chat accepts 1,050,000 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on GLM 5.2 and 128,000 tokens on GPT Chat.

Which one generates tokens faster?

GPT Chat at 71.8 tok/s and GLM 5.2 at 33.6 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

GLM 5.2 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs; GPT Chat accepts text and image input and supports thinking, function calling, structured outputs, web search and tool calling.

Can I call GLM 5.2 and GPT Chat 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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