Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5 or GLM-4.6?

GLM-4.5, at $0.35 per million tokens against $0.48 for GLM-4.6, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

GLM-4.5: $0.35 at Submodel. GLM-4.6: $0.48 at AIHubMix.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 21 providers sell both: 302.AI, ZenMux, NanoGPT, DeepInfra, Eden AI, Kilo Gateway, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is 302.AI.

Which holds more context?

GLM-4.6, at 205k tokens against 131k.

GLM-4.5 vs GLM-4.6

Prices checked 31 Oct

GLM-4.5 and GLM-4.6 split the 5 rounds this table counts: the maker's two prices, the cheapest price, the maker's blended price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.

Z.ai

GLM-4.5

131k context · tool calling · open weights

$0.35/M tokens

Cheapest price, at Submodel · $0.17 per 1,000 pages

Z.ai

GLM-4.6

205k context · tool calling · open weights

$0.48/M tokens

Cheapest price, at AIHubMix · $0.23 per 1,000 pages

Maker's price in (lower wins)

$0.60/M

Maker's price out (lower wins)

$2.20/M

Cheapest price (lower wins)

$0.35/M at Submodel

$0.48/M at AIHubMix

Maker's price, blended (lower wins)

$1/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.17

$0.23

Context

131k tokens

205k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

not published

Reads images

Reasoning

yes

Released

28 Jul 2025

30 Sept 2025

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not published

Providers selling both · 21

302.AI$0.50 / $0.50
ZenMux$0.51 / $0.51
NanoGPT$0.55 / $0.88
DeepInfra$0.70 / $0.88
Eden AI$0.70 / $0.88
Kilo Gateway$1 / $0.88
Nous Portal$1 / $0.88
OpenRouter$1 / $0.88

GLM-4.5, then GLM-4.6, per million tokens; the 8 cheapest of 21.

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What moved this week

GLM-4.6
io.net Intelligence · 5% dearer · 31 Oct
$0.52 / $2.04 $0.50 / $1.95
GLM-4.6
Kilo Gateway · 9% cheaper · 30 Oct
$0.50 / $2 $0.55 / $2.20
GLM-4.6
Nous Portal · 15% dearer · 30 Oct
$0.50 / $2 $0.43 / $1.75
GLM-4.6
OpenRouter · 9% cheaper · 30 Oct
$0.50 / $2 $0.55 / $2.20

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5 or GLM-4.6?: GLM-4.5, at $0.35 per million tokens against $0.48 for GLM-4.6, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: GLM-4.5: $0.35 at Submodel. GLM-4.6: $0.48 at AIHubMix.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 21 providers sell both: 302.AI, ZenMux, NanoGPT, DeepInfra, Eden AI, Kilo Gateway, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is 302.AI.
Which holds more context?: GLM-4.6, at 205k tokens against 131k.

Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.

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