Z.ai (Zhipu) · Released Dec 8, 2025GLM-4.6V
GLM vision model for visual reasoning, documents, and multimodal agents.
- Capability
- —No ECI score yet
- Input
- $0.30per 1M tokens
- Output
- $0.90per 1M tokens
- Context
- 128K33K max output
What it costs
- Input
- $0.30per million tokens
- Output
- $0.90per million tokens
- Blended (3:1)
- $0.45cheaper than 63% of priced models
Typical monthly bills
| Monthly usage | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens | $1.05 |
| Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens | $12.00 |
| Production app250M input + 50M output tokens | $120.00 |
Official Z.AI API price, as listed on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for GLM-4.6V yet.
The details
- Lab
- Z.ai (Zhipu)
- Released
- Dec 8, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- Apr 2025
- Context window
- 128,000 tokens
- Max output
- 32,768 tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Images, Video
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- Can be switched on or off
- Tool calling
- Yes
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights
- API model ID
glm-4.6von Z.AI- Availability
- 10 API providerslisted on models.dev
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About GLM-4.6V
How much does GLM-4.6V cost?
GLM-4.6V costs $0.30 input / $0.90 output per million tokens (official Z.AI API price). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $0.45 per million tokens, cheaper than 63% of the 360 priced models we track.
What is the context window of GLM-4.6V?
GLM-4.6V accepts up to 128,000 tokens per request and can write up to 32,768 tokens in one response.
How good is GLM-4.6V?
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for GLM-4.6V yet.
Is GLM-4.6V open source?
Yes. Z.ai (Zhipu) publishes the weights, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does GLM-4.6V support?
GLM-4.6V accepts text, images and video and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling.
When was GLM-4.6V released?
Z.ai (Zhipu) released GLM-4.6V on Dec 8, 2025. Its training data runs to Apr 2025.
What are the best alternatives to GLM-4.6V?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are Qwen3 Coder Next (Alibaba (Qwen), $0.20 / $1.20), MiniMax-M2.1 (MiniMax, $0.30 / $1.20), Seed 1.8 (ByteDance Seed, $0.119 / $1.19) and Gemma-SEA-LION-v4-27B-IT (AI Singapore, $0.351 / $0.555).