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GLM-5.2 vs GPT-5.6 Sol

Side-by-side API economics and benchmarks. Per-1M input and output rates, context window, and verified metrics.

Tale of the tape

Head-to-head specs pulled from each model profile.

Metric GLM-5.2 GPT-5.6 Sol
Input cost / 1M $1.40 $5.00
Output cost / 1M $4.40 $30.00
Context window 1,048,576 tokens 1,050,000 tokens
MMLU score

Cost verdict

Enter monthly input and output volumes to see total cost savings.

GLM-5.2

Input: 1M × $1.40 = $1.40
Output: 1M × $4.40 = $4.40
Total
$5.80

GPT-5.6 Sol

Input: 1M × $5.00 = $5.00
Output: 1M × $30.00 = $30.00
Total
$35.00

Total cost savings

$29.20

GLM-5.2 saves $29.20 per month vs the other model at this volume.

Model routing savings

Uses this page's verified rates. GPT-5.6 Sol is the premium route (higher combined per-1M cost); GLM-5.2 handles routine traffic.

Premium model

GPT-5.6 Sol

$5.00 in · $30.00 out / 1M

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Economical model

GLM-5.2

$1.40 in · $4.40 out / 1M

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All premium

GPT-5.6 Sol

$1,750.00

100% of input and output on the premium route

Routed stack

80%GLM-5.2

GPT-5.6 Sol

$582.00

Routine slice
$232.00
Premium slice
$350.00

Monthly savings

$1,168.00

66.7% lower

Rates pulled from this page's model database entries (gpt-5-6-sol, glm-5-2) — same per-1M input/output figures as Tale of the tape. Production routing needs quality gates and monitoring.

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