Side-by-side comparison · models
GLM 4.5 vs GLM 4.6V
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Models
GLM 4.5
GLM-4.5 is our latest flagship foundation model, purpose-built for agent-based applications.
Models
GLM 4.6V
GLM-4.6V is a large multimodal model designed for high-fidelity visual understanding and long-context reasoning across images, documents, and mixed media.
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| Measure | GLM 4.5 | GLM 4.6V |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.600 per million tokens | $0.300 per million tokens |
| Output price | $2.20 per million tokens | $0.900 per million tokens |
| Price on z-ai | $0.110 per million cached input tokens | $0.050 per million cached input tokens |
| Price on z-ai | $0.600 per million input tokens | $0.300 per million input tokens |
| Price on z-ai | $2.20 per million output tokens | $0.900 per million output tokens |
| Price on novita | Not checked yet | $0.055 per million cached input tokens |
| Price on novita | Not checked yet | $0.300 per million input tokens |
| Price on novita | Not checked yet | $0.900 per million output tokens |
| Latest version | z-ai/glm-4.5 | z-ai/glm-4.6-20251208 |
| Time to first token (ms) on z-ai | 4,552 | 1,192 |
| Output speed (tokens a second) on z-ai | 25 | 32.5 |
| Time to first token (ms) | Not checked yet | 3,800 |
| Time to first token (ms) on novita | Not checked yet | 2,830 |
| Output speed (tokens a second) | Not checked yet | 72.9 |
| Output speed (tokens a second) on novita | Not checked yet | 24 |
| Tokens served on OpenRouter in a day | 217.7M (for 10 Nov 2026) | 311.6M (for 10 Nov 2026) |
| Tool calls on OpenRouter in a day | 1.2K (for 10 Nov 2026) | 618 (for 10 Nov 2026) |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | 12.8 | 11.2 |
| LMArena text rating (Elo) | 1,430 | 1,376 |
| Design Arena rating (Elo) | 1,166 | Not checked yet |
| Lech mazur writing | 73.4% (for 3 Aug 2025) | Not checked yet |
| Weirdml | 40.6% (for 5 Aug 2025) | Not checked yet |
| LMArena vision rating (Elo) | Not checked yet | 1,163 |
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