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GLM-4.5

Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis

Source:Artificial Analysis scrapeType:Open weights
Intelligence
19

score

GLM-4.5 (Reasoning) scores 19 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it …

vs class avg: 25

Input Price#56/93
$0.60

/ 1M tokens

GLM-4.5 (Reasoning) costs $0.60 per 1M input tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0. …

Output Price#53/93
$2.20

/ 1M tokens

GLM-4.5 (Reasoning) costs $0.60 per 1M input tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0. …

Speed
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Latency
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Decision Overview

Ethen's intelligence-driven routing assessment for this model

Overall verdict

Capable everyday model

Good for routine tasks; route complex reasoning and premium workloads to stronger models.

Best for

  • Routine Q&A
  • Content summarization
  • Classification
  • Light coding

Weak or unsuitable

  • Complex reasoning
  • Agentic workflows
  • Research-grade analysis
  • Predictable high-volume throughput

Routing recommendation

1

Cheaper routes for predictable extraction, labeling, or summarization

2

Cache-backed reuse for repeated prompts

Cost pressure

Moderate pricing — $0.60 / M input, $2.20 / M output. Costs are manageable, but volume should still be reviewed.

Model-fit matrix

Use this model where capability pays for itself; route away where volume, latency, or budget dominate.

Use caseFitReasonRouting note
Complex reasoning & agentic workflowsModerateIntelligence score 19 handles routine reasoning but may struggle with open-ended agentic tasks.Route simpler sub-tasks here; keep hard reasoning on a stronger model.
Cost-sensitive pipelinesModerateOutput pricing at $2.20 is premium. Route high-volume simple tasks to cheaper alternatives.Use only for high-value tasks; route simple queries to budget models.

Cost pressure

Medium

Pricing is moderate — input $0.60, output $2.20. Costs accumulate at volume but are manageable for valuable tasks.

Cheaper substitutes

  • Cheaper routes for predictable extraction, labeling, or summarization

Route away when

  • Predictable high-volume throughput
  • Non-critical classification and extraction

Highlights

Key benchmark results at a glance.

Intelligence

Intelligence position

Open section

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

GLM-4.5 (Reasoning) scores 19 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it below average among other open weight models of similar size (median: 25).

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)gpt-oss-120b (high): 2424AIgpt-oss-120b (high)GLM-4.5: 1919?GLM-4.5

Speed

Speed position

Open section

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Higher throughput supports faster interactive use.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7272DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 7171AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…

Context, Cost & Pricing

Price/value position

Open section

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Pricing is moderate — input $0.60, output $2.20. Costs accumulate at volume but are manageable for valuable tasks.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraKimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6GLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…

Intelligence & Quality

Benchmark scores and quality indices measuring model capability.

AA-Omniscience Index

AA-Omniscience Index (higher is better) measures knowledge reliability and hallucination. It rewards correct answers, penalizes hallucinations, and has no penalty for refusing to answer. Scores range from -100 to 100, where 0 means as many correct as incorrect answers, and negative scores mean more incorrect than correct. · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

-40-200204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 4040AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…Gemini 3.5 Flash: 2323GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): 2020AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Grok 4.3 (high): 1818xGrok 4.3 (high)Kimi K2.6: 6.46.4KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4.14.1?Muse SparkGLM-5.2 (max): 44?GLM-5.2 (max)MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 3.63.6?MiMo-V2.5-ProGLM-5.1: 1.91.9?GLM-5.1MiniMax-M3: 1.41.4?MiniMax-M3GLM-4.5: -25.4-25.4?GLM-4.5

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkMiMo-V2.5-Pro: 4242?MiMo-V2.5-ProKimi K2.7 Code: 4242KKimi K2.7 Code

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkMiMo-V2.5-Pro: 4242?MiMo-V2.5-ProKimi K2.7 Code: 4242KKimi K2.7 Code

Artificial Analysis Openness Index: Score

Openness Index assesses model openness on a 0 to 100 normalized scale (higher is more open) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

050100Nemotron 3 Ultra: 8383NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-4.5: 5656?GLM-4.5MiMo-V2-Flash: 5353?MiMo-V2-FlashDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 5050DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)DeepSeek V4 Flash (max): 5050DDeepSeek V4 Flash (max)GLM-5.2 (max): 4444?GLM-5.2 (max)GLM-5.1: 4444?GLM-5.1GLM-4.7: 4444?GLM-4.7GLM-4.6: 4444?GLM-4.6Qwen3 235B A22B 2507: 4444QQwen3 235B A22B 2507

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)GLM-4.5: 1919?GLM-4.5

Speed & Throughput

Output tokens per second and generation throughput.

Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7272DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 7171AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…

Context, Cost & Pricing

Context window size, cost per task, and token pricing.

Context Window

Context window: tokens limit · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 1M1MGGemini 3.5 FlashClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 1M1MAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GLM-5.2 (max): 1M1M?GLM-5.2 (max)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1M1MDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Grok 4.3 (high): 1M1MxGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 1M1M?MiniMax-M3MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 1M1M?MiMo-V2.5-ProDeepSeek V4 Flash (max): 1M1MDDeepSeek V4 Flash (max)GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 922k922kAIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 262k262kNNemotron 3 Ultra

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

00.51Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 0.40.4AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 0.10.1AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 0.10.1GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.1: 00?GLM-5.1GLM-5.2 (max): 00?GLM-5.2 (max)Ring-2.6-1T: 00?Ring-2.6-1TQwen3.5 397B A17B: 00QQwen3.5 397B A17BKimi K2.6: 00KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: 00NNemotron 3 UltraKimi K2.7 Code: 00KKimi K2.7 Code

Cost per Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost (USD) to run all evaluations in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0200400600Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 508508AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 132132AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 114114GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.1: 4040?GLM-5.1Nemotron 3 Ultra: 3434NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 3333?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 2525KKimi K2.6Qwen3.5 397B A17B: 2525QQwen3.5 397B A17BKimi K2.7 Code: 2424KKimi K2.7 CodeRing-2.6-1T: 2424?Ring-2.6-1T

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output

Price (USD per M Tokens) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MGLM-5.2 (max): 6.16.1?GLM-5.2 (max)GLM-5.1: 6.16.1?GLM-5.1Kimi K2.6: 5.15.1KKimi K2.6Kimi K2.7 Code: 5.15.1KKimi K2.7 CodeQwen3.5 397B A17B: 4.24.2QQwen3.5 397B A17BGrok 4.3 (high): 44xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 3.63.6NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-4.7: 3.33.3?GLM-4.7Nex-N2-Pro: 3.33.3?Nex-N2-ProGLM-4.5: 2.82.8?GLM-4.5cache Hitinputoutput

Architecture & Scale

Model size, parameters, and architectural details.

Model Size: Total and Active Parameters

Comparison between total model parameters and parameters active during inference · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1.6k1.6kDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)MiMo-V2.5-Pro: 1k1k?MiMo-V2.5-ProKimi K2.6: 1k1kKKimi K2.6Kimi K2.7 Code: 1k1kKKimi K2.7 CodeRing-2.6-1T: 1k1k?Ring-2.6-1TGLM-5.2 (max): 753753?GLM-5.2 (max)GLM-5.1: 744744?GLM-5.1DeepSeek R1 (Jan): 685685DDeepSeek R1 (Jan)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 550550NNemotron 3 UltraMiniMax-M3: 428428?MiniMax-M3GLM-4.5: 355355?GLM-4.5passive Paramsactive Params

Specifications

Technical Specifications

GLM-4.5 (Reasoning) scores 19 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it below average among other open weight models of similar size (median: 25). GLM-4.5 (Reasoning) costs $0.60 per 1M input tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0.59) and $2.20 per 1M output tokens (better than average, median: $2.20), based on the median across providers serving the model.

GLM-4.5

Model type
Open weights
Reasoning
Yes
Input modalities
GLM-4.5 (Reasoning) supports text input.
Output modalities
GLM-4.5 (Reasoning) supports text output.
Context window
130k tokens
Open weights / source
Yes, GLM-4.5 (Reasoning) is open weights. The model weights are publicly available and can be downloaded for self-hosting.
Parameters
GLM-4.5 (Reasoning) has 355 billion parameters (32 billion active).
Active parameters
GLM-4.5 (Reasoning) is a Mixture of Experts (MoE) model with 355 billion total parameters, but only 32 billion active parameters are used during inference.
License
GLM-4.5 (Reasoning) is released under the MIT license. This license allows commercial use.
API availability
Yes, GLM-4.5 (Reasoning) is available via API through 1 provider.

Methodology & Provenance

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