GLM 5.2latest from z-ai
It processes large amounts of text to help users write software and solve complex problems.
z-ai’s newest large language model, able to hold about 1049k tokens of context (roughly 786k words) in one conversation, working across text->text. You reach it through an API or through tools built on it. Built for software engineers working on large projects. z-ai describes it as: “GLM 5.2 is a large-scale reasoning model from Z.ai.” source ↗
Our tested score
Battle record
2W – 2L
in our published battles
Forum sentiment — 90d to 12 Aug 2026
67%
developer-forum posts: 9 opinions in 68
stale — measured 41 days ago, not re-swept since
What people are posting (90 days)
Loudest post this quarter
“[Critical] GLM-5.2 API is unusable due to severe rate limiting — 2 consecutive days of near-total outage”
Battles fought
Compare GLM 5.2 against…
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Every claim we hold (4)
- api price in per 1m0.6496 USD/1M tokensOpenRouter API22 Sept 2026verified
- api price out per 1m2.0416 USD/1M tokensOpenRouter API22 Sept 2026verified
- context length1048576 tokensOpenRouter API22 Sept 2026verified
- free routechat.z.aichat.z.ai11 Aug 2026verified