GLM 4.6
· verified October 13, 2026
public paid api open-weights local
Provider
Statuspublic
AA Intelligence Index18.5 (official, read October 13, 2026)
Released2025-09-30
Context window205K
ModalitiesText
API price $/1M (in / out)$0.5 / $2 (OpenRouter)
Speedn/a
AccessAPI $0.5/$2 per 1M tokens on OpenRouter · open weights · listed September 30, 2025
In one line
GLM 4.6 by Z.ai, measured by Artificial Analysis at 18.5 on the Intelligence Index, 45.8 on coding. Added to WhichAI automatically from live data on October 13, 2026: no editorial review yet, so judge it by the numbers, not by a verdict. OpenRouter's description: “Compared with GLM-4.5, this generation brings several key improvements: Longer context window: The context window has been expanded from 128K to 200K tokens, enabling the model to handle more complex...”
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