Models

Cohere Command A vs GLM 5.2

Compare Cohere Command A from Cohere and GLM 5.2 from Z.AI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

CohereCohere Command AZ.AIGLM 5.2
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Cohere Command A
Cohere · text → text

Command A is Cohere most performant model to date, excelling at tool use, agents, retrieval augmented generation (RAG), and multilingual use cases. Command A has a context length of 256K, only requires two GPUs to run, and has 150% higher throughput compared to Command R+ 08-2024.

Input$2.5 /M
Output$10 /M
36% off
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GLM 5.2
Z.AI · text → text

GLM-5.2 is Z.ai’s flagship model for the era of long-horizon tasks. With a truly usable 1M-token context window, it can handle project-level engineering context, execute long-running tasks more reliably, follow engineering standards more consistently, and complete the full development workflow from requirements to multi-platform deployment in a single task.

Input$1.1268$0.7212 /M
Output$3.9438$2.524 /M
Cache read$0.2817$0.1803 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Cohere Command A
GLM 5.2
Input /M
$2.5
$1.1268$0.721236%
Output /M
$10
$3.9438$2.52436%
Cache read /M
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$0.2817$0.180336%
Context length
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1,000,000
Max output
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128,000
Time to First Token
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0.7 s
Throughput
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35.9 tok/s
Modalities
text
text
Supported Parameters
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
chat_completions · claude_api
Released
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June 16, 2026

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

Activity Past 30 Days

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Performance Past 3 Days

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Cost calculator

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

GLM 5.2
$127$81.13 /mo
Cohere Command A
$300 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Cohere Command A, GLM 5.2?

GLM 5.2: $2.524/M output tokens; Cohere Command A: $10/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Cohere Command A accepts text input; GLM 5.2 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Cohere Command A and GLM 5.2 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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