Models

Grok 4.5 vs Zai Glm 5 Turbo

Output tokens cost $6.00 per million on Grok 4.5 and $4.00 per million on Zai Glm 5 Turbo. Input tokens cost $2.00 per million on Grok 4.5 and $1.20 per million on Zai Glm 5 Turbo. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.50 per million on Grok 4.5 and $0.24 per million on Zai Glm 5 Turbo. On the LMArena coding leaderboard Grok 4.5 scores 1523 and Zai Glm 5 Turbo scores 1496.

GrokGrok 4.5Z.AIZai Glm 5 Turbo
Grok logo
Grok 4.5
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.5 was trained on datasets spanning knowledge in coding, science, engineering, and math. With both intelligent and efficient reasoning, Grok 4.5 excels at real engineering tasks and exceeds comparable leading models at these tasks.

Input$2.00 /M
Output$6.00 /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.

Grok 4.5
Zai Glm 5 Turbo
Input /M
$2.00
$1.20
Output /M
$6.00
$4.00
Cache read /M
$0.50
$0.24
Context length
500,000
0
Max output
500,000
0
Time to First Token
2.0 s
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Throughput
26.5 tok/s
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Modalities
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
API Formats
Released
July 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
grok-4.5zai-glm-5-turbo
1420146015001540
Overall
14581470
Coding
14961523
Math
14391478
Hard prompts
14791495
Instruction following
14481466
Multi-turn
14711477
Creative writing
14491450
Longer query
14711485
Chinese
15111526
English
14711475
WebDev Arena
grok-4.5zai-glm-5-turbo
1400146015201580
Overall
14351556
React
14251559
HTML
14521577
Gaming
14371586
Simulations
14411598
Data analytics
14291522

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.

Zai Glm 5 Turbo
$132 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Grok 4.5, Zai Glm 5 Turbo?

Zai Glm 5 Turbo: $4.00/M output tokens; Grok 4.5: $6.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Grok 4.5: 1523; Zai Glm 5 Turbo: 1496 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Can I call Grok 4.5 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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