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GLM 5.2 vs Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Compare GLM 5.2 from Z.AI and Llama 3.1 405B 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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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Llama · → text

Input$4 /M
Output$4 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

GLM 5.2
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Input /M
$1.1268
$4
Output /M
$3.9438
$4
Cache read /M
$0.2817
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Context length
1,000,000
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Max output
131,072
0
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
July 23, 2024

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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LMArena Benchmarks

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

Text
glm-5.2llama-3.1-405b-instruct
1280136014401520
Overall
13351472
Coding
13751509
Math
13151476
Hard prompts
13411492
Instruction following
13131465
Multi-turn
13391469
Creative writing
13011451
Longer query
13271482
Chinese
13211517
English
13611480

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
Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
$300 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GLM 5.2, Llama 3.1 405B Instruct?

GLM 5.2: $3.9438/M output tokens; Llama 3.1 405B Instruct: $4/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

GLM 5.2: 1509; Llama 3.1 405B Instruct: 1375 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Can I call GLM 5.2 and Llama 3.1 405B 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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