Models

Gemma 4 26B A4B It (free) vs GLM 5.2

Compare Gemma 4 26B A4B It (free) from Google 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.

GoogleGemma 4 26B A4B It (free)Z.AIGLM 5.2
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Gemma 4 26B A4B It (free)
Google · text, image → text

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is an instruction-tuned Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model developed by Google DeepMind. Featuring an expansive context length of 262,144 tokens, it delivers near-31B quality with highly efficient inference. Despite its 25.2B total parameters, only 3.8B are activated per token, making it an incredibly fast and cost-effective solution.

Input$0 /M
Output$0 /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.

Gemma 4 26B A4B It (free)
GLM 5.2
Input /M
$0
$1.1268$0.721236%
Output /M
$0
$3.9438$2.52436%
Cache read /M
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$0.2817$0.180336%
Context length
262,144
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
textimage
text
Supported Parameters
reasoningtool callinglong context
thinkingtoolsfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
chat_completions
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

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

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Performance Past 3 Days

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Throughput (tok/s)

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Cost calculator

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

Gemma 4 26B A4B It (free)
$0.00 /mo
GLM 5.2
$127$81.13 /mo

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

FAQ

How large is each context window?

Gemma 4 26B A4B It (free) accepts 262,144 and GLM 5.2 accepts 1,000,000 input tokens.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Gemma 4 26B A4B It (free) accepts text and image input and supports reasoning, tool calling and long context; GLM 5.2 accepts text input and supports thinking, tool calling, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Gemma 4 26B A4B It (free) 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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