Z.ai: GLM 4.6
Analysis Summary
Z.ai: GLM 4.6 sits in the Specialist tier on our leaderboard, ranked #90 of 561 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.430 input and $1.74 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a generous context window for extended reasoning and code review and supports tool use and function calling.
Editorial notes
GLM 4.6 from Z.ai posts a strong agentic index of 47.7 and solid math performance with tool use at moderate pricing, though a regional accessibility penalty applies and it lacks vision support.
Assessed May 14, 2026
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Performance Profile
Compared with GLM-4.5, this generation brings several key improvements: Longer context window: The context window has been expanded from 128K to 200K tokens, enabling the model to handle more complex..
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Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
z-ai/glm-4.6
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| Provider | z-ai |
| Release Date | September 30, 2025 |
| Context Length | 202,752 tokens |
| Max Completion | 131,072 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.43 | $0.000430 |
| Output | $1.74 | $0.001740 |
Live Performance
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