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GLM 5.2 vs Grok4 6

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Z Ai

Model

GLM 5.2

Tool calling

Context window

1.0M

1,048,576 tokens · ~786K words

Model page
Xai

Model

Grok4 6

Context window

2M

2,000,000 tokens · ~1.5M words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

GLM 5.21.0M
Grok4 62M

Grok4 6 has about 1.9× the context window of the other in this pair.

Grok4 6 has 90% more context capacity (2000K vs 1048K tokens). GLM 5.2 is 30% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Grok4 6. Its 2000K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 1048K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use GLM 5.2. Input tokens are 30% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecGLM 5.2Grok4 6
Context window1,048,576 tokens (1048K)2,000,000 tokens (2000K)
Max output tokens131,072 tokens (131K)N/A
Speed tierBalancedBalanced
VisionNoNo
Function callingYesNo
Extended thinkingYesNo
Prompt cachingYesYes
Batch APINoNo
Release dateJun 2026N/A

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderGLM 5.2 inGLM 5.2 outGrok4 6 inGrok4 6 out
Alibaba Cloud$1.40/M$4.40/M——
Baseten$1.40/M$4.40/M——
Cloudflare$1.40/M$4.40/M——
Deepinfra$0.750/M$2.40/M——
Friendliai$1.40/M$4.40/M——
Gmi——$2.00/M$6.00/M
Mistral$1.40/M$4.40/M——
Nebius$1.40/M$4.40/M——
Novita$1.40/M$4.40/M——
Openrouter$0.069/M$4.30/M——
Together Ai$1.40/M$4.40/M——
Z Ai$1.40/M$4.40/M——

Frequently asked questions

Grok4 6 has a larger context window: 2000K tokens vs 1048K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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