Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs GLM-5.2: API price and specs

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is 76% cheaper than GLM-5.2 on input price.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is 81% cheaper than GLM-5.2 on output price.

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is 78% cheaper than GLM-5.2 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

GLM-5.2 has a 300% larger context than Gemma 4 26B A4B IT.

Field	Gemma 4 26B A4B IT	GLM-5.2
Lowest input, per 1M	$0.04	$0.17 +325%
Median input, per 1M	$0.11	$1.40 +1152.3%
Lowest output, per 1M	$0.10	$0.54 +440%
Median output, per 1M	$0.40	$4.40 +1000%
Lowest unit price	—	$0.033 / request
Cost of 1M in + 200k out	$0.06	$0.28 +363.3%
Context	262K +75%	1M
Max output	131K +87.5%	1M
Providers	25 +57.6%	59
Regions	EU, GLOBAL, SE, US	APAC, EU, GLOBAL, US
Accepts	image, image/heic, image/heif, image/jpeg, image/png, image/webp, pdf, text, video	file, image, text
Returns	text	text
Type	Text models	Text models
Free option	yes	yes
Cheapest provider	kilo	edenai

Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.

Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.

Providers selling both

aihubmix, aiml, cloudflare-workers-ai, cortecs, deepinfra, edenai, empiriolabs, fastrouter, google-vertex, huggingface, hyper, io-net, kilo, moark, novita, openrouter, orcarouter, poe, requesty, siliconflow, trustedrouter, vercel, zenmux

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or GLM-5.2?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is 76% cheaper than GLM-5.2 on input price. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is 81% cheaper than GLM-5.2 on output price. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT is 78% cheaper than GLM-5.2 on a 1M-in / 200k-out workload.

Which has the larger context, Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or GLM-5.2?

Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 262K tokens; GLM-5.2: 1M tokens.

Where can I use both Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and GLM-5.2?