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GLM 5.2 vs Groq Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct

Compare GLM 5.2 from Z.AI and Groq Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct from Llama 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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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
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Groq Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct
Llama · → text

Input$0.122 /M
Output$0.366 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

GLM 5.2
Groq Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct
Input /M
$1.1268
$0.122
Output /M
$3.9438
$0.366
Cache read /M
$0.2817
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Context length
1,000,000
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Max output
131,072
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Time to First Token
0.7 s
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Throughput
37.0 tok/s
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Modalities
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
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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LMArena Benchmarks

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

Text
glm-5.2groq-llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct
1260134014201500
Overall
13231472
Coding
13621509
Math
13091476
Hard prompts
13301492
Instruction following
13011465
Multi-turn
13211469
Creative writing
12901451
Longer query
13271482
Chinese
13151517
English
13411480

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.

Groq Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct
$12.81 /mo
GLM 5.2
$127 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GLM 5.2, Groq Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct?

Groq Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct: $0.366/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; Groq Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct: 1362 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Can I call GLM 5.2 and Groq Llama 4 Scout 17B 16e Instruct 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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