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Alicloud Glm 5 vs Grok 4.5

Compare Alicloud Glm 5 from Z.AI and Grok 4.5 from Grok on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Z.AI logo
Alicloud Glm 5
Z.AI · → text

GLM-5 is an advanced, open-source large language model designed for developers tackling the toughest challenges. It excels at long-context reasoning, multi-step tool orchestration, and complex systems engineering, making it the ideal choice for powering sophisticated agents and applications that require high-level cognitive tasks.

Input$0.5634 /M
Output$2.5353 /M
Cache read$0.1127 /M
Grok logo
Grok 4.5
Grok · text, image → text

Grok 4.5 was trained on datasets spanning knowledge in coding, science, engineering, and math. With both intelligent and efficient reasoning, Grok 4.5 excels at real engineering tasks and exceeds comparable leading models at these tasks.

Input$2 /M
Output$6 /M
Cache read$0.5 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Alicloud Glm 5
Grok 4.5
Input /M
$0.5634
$2
Output /M
$2.5353
$6
Cache read /M
$0.1127
$0.5
Context length
0
500,000
Max output
0
500,000
Time to First Token
8.6 s
1.6 s
Throughput
39.5 tok/s
17.5 tok/s
Modalities
textimage
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
API Formats
Released
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July 2026

Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

alicloud-glm-5grok-4.5

Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
alicloud-glm-5grok-4.5
1420146015001540
Overall
14571466
Coding
14981498
Math
14431443
Hard prompts
14781478
Instruction following
14471447
Multi-turn
14731473
Creative writing
14461446
Longer query
14701470
Chinese
15241524
English
14711471
WebDev Arena
alicloud-glm-5grok-4.5
1400146015201580
Overall
14301553
React
14211421
HTML
14431443

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Alicloud Glm 5
$71.83 /mo
Grok 4.5
$210 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Alicloud Glm 5, Grok 4.5?

Alicloud Glm 5: $2.5353/M output tokens; Grok 4.5: $6/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Which responds faster?

Grok 4.5: 1.6s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Alicloud Glm 5 at 39.5 tok/s and Grok 4.5 at 17.5 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

Can I call Alicloud Glm 5 and Grok 4.5 with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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