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GLM-4.6 (Z AI)
zhipuai·zhipuai/glm-4.6-4·GA·Open weights·glm series
Late GLM-4 workhorse for coding agents, reasoning, and structured tasks
At a glance
Reference price$0.60 / $2.20 per 1M
Cache read $0.11 · LLM Gateway
Lowest paid$0.60 / $2.20
LLM Gateway Gateway
Context200,000
Output limit131,072
Capabilities
✓ Reasoning✓ Tool useStructured output✓ TemperatureAttachments
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff2025-04
Released / updated2025-09-30 / 2025-09-30
Quality & performance
Artificial Analysis doesn't cover this model (267 of 2059 have data). Quality data comes from independent evals covering widely used models.
Available at 1 providers1 with public prices
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLM Gateway zai/glm-4.6 | Gateway | $0.60 | $2.20 | $0.11 | — | 200,000 | 131,072 |
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Your usage cost
1LLM Gateway$171.20
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.
Benchmark
No upstream benchmark data for this model. For quality, see the Artificial Analysis intelligence score above.
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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input list $0.60Output list $2.20Min blended $1.00
Price history accumulates from each data sync; currently only 1 sample(s) (2026-08-21). Each future sync adds a point, and once accumulated a line is drawn here.