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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Mercury Edit 2 vs GLM-5

Too close to call on our weighted score (GLM-5 37, Mercury Edit 2 35). The right pick depends on what you value most.

  1. Inception

    Mercury Edit 2

    Released Mar 30, 2026

    35/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.25 / $0.75
    • Context32K
    Full specs Remove Mercury Edit 2

  2. Z.ai (Zhipu)

    GLM-5

    Released Feb 12, 2026

    37/100
    • ECI145.8
    • Price$1.00 / $3.20
    • Context205K
    Full specs Remove GLM-5

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01 — Verdict

Too close to call

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (GLM-5 37/100, Mercury Edit 2 35/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Mercury Edit 2 on price and GLM-5 for long inputs. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceMercury Edit 2Mercury Edit 2 $0.375 · GLM-5 $1.55 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextGLM-5GLM-5 204,800 · Mercury Edit 2 32,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsSame inputsMercury Edit 2: Text · GLM-5: Text
  • Self-hostingGLM-5Publishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightMercury Edit 2GLM-5
Price50%7041
Inputs & features30%035
Context window20%032
Overall100%35/10037/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Mercury Edit 2 vs GLM-5 specifications side by side
SpecificationMercury Edit 2InceptionGLM-5Z.ai (Zhipu)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)—145.8
ECI rank—#74 of 148
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions—87.8%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics—80.0%
SWE-bench VerifiedFixing real GitHub issues—72.1%
Price per million tokens
Input$0.25 (best)$1.00
Output$0.75 (best)$3.20
Cached input$0.025 (best)$0.20
Blended (3:1)$0.375 (best)$1.55
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Inception APIOfficial Z.AI API
Limits
Context window32,000 tokens204,800 tokens (best)
Max output8,192 tokens131,072 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoNo
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningNoYes
Tool callingNoYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpen
API model IDmercury-edit-2glm-5
API providers127 (best)
ReleasedMar 30, 2026Feb 12, 2026
Knowledge cutoff——
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • Mercury Edit 2$4.00
  • GLM-5$16.40
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Mercury Edit 2 or GLM-5?

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 2 points (GLM-5 37/100, Mercury Edit 2 35/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Mercury Edit 2 on price and GLM-5 for long inputs. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, Mercury Edit 2 or GLM-5?

Mercury Edit 2 is cheaper at $0.25 input / $0.75 output per million tokens (official Inception API price). GLM-5 costs $1.00 input / $3.20 output per million tokens (official Z.AI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.375 per million tokens for Mercury Edit 2 versus $1.55 for GLM-5 (4.1× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Mercury Edit 2 has not been scored yet and GLM-5 has an ECI of 145.8.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Mercury Edit 2 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Mercury Edit 2 does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.

Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-5 has the largest context window at 204,800 tokens, against 32,000 for Mercury Edit 2. Maximum output per response: Mercury Edit 2 up to 8,192, GLM-5 up to 131,072 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Mercury Edit 2 accepts text; GLM-5 accepts text. They handle the same number of input types.

Are any of these open source?

GLM-5 publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Mercury Edit 2 is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Mercury Edit 2 is the newest, released Mar 30, 2026. GLM-5 came out Feb 12, 2026.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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