GLM-4.5: Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis
Analysis of Z AI's GLM-4.5 and comparison to other AI models across key metrics including quality, price, performance (tokens per second & time to first token), context window & more. Click on any model to compare API providers for that model. For more details including relating to our methodology, see our FAQs.
Comparison Summary
Intelligence:
GLM-4.5 is of higher intelligence compared to average, with Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index of 49.
Price:GLM-4.5 is cheaper compared to average with a price of $0.97 per 1M Tokens (blended 3:1).
GLM-4.5 Input token price: $0.59, Output token price: $2.19 per 1M Tokens.
Speed:GLM-4.5 Input token price: $0.59, Output token price: $2.19 per 1M Tokens.
GLM-4.5 is slower compared to average, with a output speed of 70.4 tokens per second.
Latency:GLM-4.5 has a lower latency compared to average, taking 0.60s to receive the first token (TTFT).
Context Window:GLM-4.5 has a smaller context windows than average, with a context window of 130k tokens.
Highlights
Intelligence
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index; Higher is better
Speed
Output Tokens per Second; Higher is better
Price
USD per 1M Tokens; Lower is better
Parallel Queries:
Prompt Length:
GLM-4.5 Model Details
Comparisons to GLM-4.5
- GLM-4.5
gpt-oss-20B (high)- GPT-5 (high)
- gpt-oss-120B (high)
- GPT-5 Codex (high)
- GPT-5 (minimal)
Llama 4 Maverick
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Claude 4.1 Opus- Claude 4 Sonnet
Magistral Medium 1.2
DeepSeek R1 0528- DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
- DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus
Grok 4 Fast- Grok 4
- Grok Code Fast 1
Solar Pro 2
Llama Nemotron Super 49B v1.5
Kimi K2 0905
EXAONE 4.0 32B
Qwen3 235B 2507- Gemini 2.5 Flash
- DeepSeek V3.1
Further details
R1 1776
Nova Premier
Phi-4
LFM2 1.2B
MiniMax-Text-01
Granite 3.3 8B (Non-reasoning)
Reka Flash 3
DeepHermes 3 - Mistral 24B Preview (Non-reasoning)
Aya Expanse 32B
Jamba 1.7 Mini
OpenChat 3.5 (1210)
DBRX Instruct
Llama 3.1 Tulu3 405B
Arctic Instruct
Yi-Large