Models

GLM 5.2 vs Zai Glm 5 Turbo

Output tokens cost $3.94 per million on GLM 5.2 and $4.00 per million on Zai Glm 5 Turbo. Input tokens cost $1.13 per million on GLM 5.2 and $1.20 per million on Zai Glm 5 Turbo. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.28 per million on GLM 5.2 and $0.24 per million on Zai Glm 5 Turbo. On the LMArena coding leaderboard GLM 5.2 scores 1505 and Zai Glm 5 Turbo scores 1496.

Z.AIGLM 5.2Z.AIZai Glm 5 Turbo
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
Z.AI logo
Zai Glm 5 Turbo
Z.AI · → text

Input$1.20 /M
Output$4.00 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

GLM 5.2
Zai Glm 5 Turbo
Input /M
$1.13
$1.20
Output /M
$3.94
$4.00
Cache read /M
$0.28
$0.24
Context length
1,000,000
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Max output
128,000
0
Time to First Token
1.2 s
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Throughput
41.4 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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Tokens / day

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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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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

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

Text
glm-5.2zai-glm-5-turbo
1420146015001540
Overall
14581470
Coding
14961505
Math
14391475
Hard prompts
14791488
Instruction following
14481462
Multi-turn
14701471
Creative writing
14501450
Longer query
14711479
Chinese
15161526
English
14711477
WebDev Arena
glm-5.2zai-glm-5-turbo
14001460152015801640
Overall
14351582
React
14251594
HTML
14521537
Gaming
14371617
Simulations
14411606
Data analytics
14291542

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
Zai Glm 5 Turbo
$132 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GLM 5.2, Zai Glm 5 Turbo?

GLM 5.2: $3.94/M output tokens; Zai Glm 5 Turbo: $4.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

GLM 5.2: 1505; Zai Glm 5 Turbo: 1496 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Can I call GLM 5.2 and Zai Glm 5 Turbo 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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