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GLM 4.6 Original

zhipuai·zhipuai/glm-4.6-original·GA·Open weights·glm series
GLM-4.6, Zhipu's flagship text model with 256K context window and advanced reasoning capabilities. Direct via Z-AI (Zhipu).

GLM 4.6 Original by zhipuai is currently listed from a single provider. Its reference price is $0.35 per 1M input tokens and $1.40 per 1M output tokens.

The context window is 256,000 tokens, with an output limit of 65,535 tokens. It supports reasoning and tool use. The weights are open, so it can also be self-hosted or served through a gateway of your choice.

Specs & pricing

Input / output per 1M tokens
Reference price·NanoGPT
$0.35 / $1.40
Blended $0.613 · Cache read $0.175
Lowest paid·NanoGPTGateway
$0.35 / $1.40
Blended $0.613
Context
256,000
Output limit
65,535
Knowledge cutoff
—
Released / updated
2025-12-11 / 2025-12-11
Capabilities
✓ Reasoning✓ Tool useStructured output? TemperatureAttachments
Modalities
Text

Available at 1 providers1 with public prices

ProviderTierInputOutputCache readCache writeContextOutput limitStatus
NanoGPTGateway$0.35$1.40$0.175—256,00065,535

Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.

Your usage cost

1NanoGPT$119.00
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.

Reasoning control

Upstream provides no control info

1 / 1 providers expose no reasoning control (reasoning_options: []).

Related models

GLM 5.3 Fastsame series$2.10 / $6.60GLM 5.3 Flash Uncensoredsame series$0.35 / $1.40GLM-5.3-Flashsame series$0.075 / $0.25DeepSeek V4 Flashcheaper alternative$0.14 / $0.28GPT-5 Nanocheaper alternative$0.05 / $0.40MiMo-V2.5cheaper alternative$0.14 / $0.28

Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync

Input listOutput listMin blended
$1.40$02026-08-052026-08-132026-08-05 · Input list $0.352026-08-06 · Input list $0.352026-08-07 · Input list $0.352026-08-08 · Input list $0.352026-08-09 · Input list $0.352026-08-10 · Input list $0.352026-08-11 · Input list $0.352026-08-12 · Input list $0.352026-08-13 · Input list $0.352026-08-05 · Output list $1.402026-08-06 · Output list $1.402026-08-07 · Output list $1.402026-08-08 · Output list $1.402026-08-09 · Output list $1.402026-08-10 · Output list $1.402026-08-11 · Output list $1.402026-08-12 · Output list $1.402026-08-13 · Output list $1.402026-08-05 · Min blended $0.6132026-08-06 · Min blended $0.6132026-08-07 · Min blended $0.6132026-08-08 · Min blended $0.6132026-08-09 · Min blended $0.6132026-08-10 · Min blended $0.6132026-08-11 · Min blended $0.6132026-08-12 · Min blended $0.6132026-08-13 · Min blended $0.613
Data partly from models.dev (MIT) · NanoGPT official docs ↗