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Z.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University: GLM-4.6

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GLM-4.6 is Z.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University’s open-weights AI model, released Sep 30, 2025. It costs $0.60/M input and $2.20/M output tokens, and handles a 205K-token context window.

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…

Context
205K
Input
$0.60 / 1M
Output
$2.20 / 1M
Cheapest via Novita
$0.55 / $2.20 / 1M
Released
Sep 30, 2025
Modalities
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Benchmarks

Scores on standardized evaluations. Higher is better — and rank shows where GLM-4.6 lands among all models tracked on Model Beat.

23.0
Intelligence Index
Epoch AI
23rd percentile of tracked models
24.0
Coding Index
Epoch AI
24th percentile of tracked models
14.0
Agentic Index
Epoch AI
14th percentile of tracked models

Reasoning

3 evals
GPQA Diamond78.0%

Graduate-level scientific reasoning

Humanity's Last Exam13.3%

Frontier of human expert knowledge

MMLU-Pro82.9%

Broad expert knowledge

Coding

3 evals
LiveCodeBench69.5%

Contamination-free coding

SciCode38.4%

Scientific research coding

WebDev Arena1366

Human-rated web development

Math

3 evals
AIME 2024/202586.0%

Olympiad-qualifier math

FrontierMath3.8%

Research-level math problems

FrontierMath Tier 42.1%

Hardest research math

Agentic & Tools

3 evals
APEX4.0%

Multi-step agentic tasks

Terminal-Bench24.5%

Command-line agentic tasks

τ²-bench70.5%

Tool-agent-user reliability

In the news

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Changelog

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  • GLM-4.6: APEX improved from 3.0% to 4.0% (+33%)benchmark · Jul 30, 2026
  • GLM-4.6: context window changed from 202,752 to 204,800 tokenscontext · Jul 21, 2026
  • GLM-4.6: cheapest credible provider via Novita now $0.55 per 1M input tokens (was $0.6, -8%)cheapest provider · Jul 15, 2026
  • GLM-4.6: context window changed from 200,000 to 202,752 tokenscontext · Jul 15, 2026
  • GLM-4.6: context window changed from 202,752 to 200,000 tokenscontext · Jul 12, 2026
  • GLM-4.6: cheapest credible provider via AtlasCloud now $0.6 per 1M input tokens (was $0.55, +9%)cheapest provider · Jul 11, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

What is GLM-4.6?

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…

Who created GLM-4.6?

GLM-4.6 is an AI model developed by Z.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University, released Sep 30, 2025.

How much does GLM-4.6 cost?

GLM-4.6's list price from Z.ai (Zhipu AI),Tsinghua University is $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens. The cheapest credible third-party provider on OpenRouter (Novita) serves it at $0.55/$2.20 per 1M.

What is GLM-4.6's context window?

GLM-4.6 supports a context window of up to 205K tokens.

How does GLM-4.6 perform on benchmarks?

On standardized evaluations tracked by Epoch AI, GLM-4.6 scores 82.9% on MMLU-Pro, 86.0% on AIME 2024/2025, 1366 on WebDev Arena.

Is GLM-4.6 open source?

GLM-4.6 is released with open weights (Open weights (unrestricted)), so the model can be downloaded and self-hosted.

Benchmark data from Epoch AI (CC BY) and Artificial Analysis; pricing, specs & descriptions from OpenRouter. Data updated Jul 30, 2026.