Z.ai: GLM 4.6
This AI model, Z.ai: GLM 4.6, is designed for handling text input modalities and supports tools and reasoning capabilities. It has a high context length of 204800 tokens and can process up to 16384 completion tokens at once. Z.ai: GLM 4.6 may be worth shortlisting for those with a budget of over $0.43 per million input tokens and who require text processing services. Its price point is relatively low compared to other models, but its benchmark performance is somewhat lacking, with a blended score of only 22.5 across one independent benchmark.
Benchmark results
Independent, published benchmarks. Blended score 20.7 across 1 benchmark, last refreshed 2026-09-23. How scoring works →
| Benchmark | Measures | Score |
|---|---|---|
| AI Index | broad capability composite | 24.6 |
- Model ID
- z-ai/glm-4.6
- Vendor
- z-ai
- Released
- September 2025
- Tokenizer
- Other
- Input Modalities
- text
- Output Modalities
- text
- Max Output
- 16,384 tokens
- Tool Calling
- ✓ supported
- Structured Output
- ✓ supported
- Reasoning Mode
- ✓ supported
- Vision
- text only
- Audio
- no
- Moderated
- no
What it costs in practice
Computed from the current $0.43/M input and $1.75/M output rates. Run your own numbers →
| Job | Tokens | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Summarize a 50-page report | 30k in / 1.5k out | $0.02 |
| Classify 1,000 customer emails | 500k in / 50k out | $0.30 |
| A month of a busy support chatbot | 5M in / 2M out | $5.65 |
Price & spec history
Tracked daily by PicksByModel since 2026-07-17.
| Date | Input /M | Output /M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-09 | $0.43 | $1.75 | 204,800 |
| 2026-09-08 | $0.55 | $2.20 | 204,800 |
| 2026-09-07 | $0.43 | $1.75 | 204,800 |
| 2026-09-06 | $0.50 | $2.00 | 204,800 |
| 2026-09-03 | $0.55 | $2.20 | 204,800 |
| 2026-08-27 | $0.43 | $1.75 | 204,800 |
| 2026-08-18 | $0.50 | $2.00 | 204,800 |
| 2026-08-15 | $0.55 | $2.20 | 204,800 |
| 2026-08-13 | $0.50 | $2.00 | 204,800 |
| 2026-08-12 | $0.55 | $2.20 | 204,800 |
| 2026-07-22 | $0.50 | $2.00 | 204,800 |
| 2026-07-17 | $0.50 | $2.00 | 202,752 |
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Quick answers
- How much does Z.ai: GLM 4.6 cost?
- $0.43 per million input tokens and $1.75 per million output tokens.
- What is Z.ai: GLM 4.6's context window?
- 204,800 tokens, roughly 307 pages of text in a single request.
- Does Z.ai: GLM 4.6 support tool calling?
- It supports tool calling, structured output, a reasoning mode.
- Can Z.ai: GLM 4.6 process images?
- No, it is text-only on the input side.