Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark
Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.
Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)
Z.ai: GLM 5 is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.
Adjust the workload in the calculator below to see a live recommendation for your usage.
| Metric | OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini | Z.ai: GLM 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | openai | z-ai |
| Context Window | 400,000 | 80,000 |
| Max Output Tokens | 128,000 | 131,072 |
| Input Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.7500 | $0.7200 |
| Output Cost / 1M Tokens | $4.50 | $2.30 |
| Projected Monthly Cost | $360 | $224 |
| Vision | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Tool Calling | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Structured Output | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Reasoning | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Web Search | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Tokenizer | GPT | Other |
| MMLU Score | 78.1 | N/A |
| GPQA | 66.4 | N/A |
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Current Input / 1M
$0.7200
Current Output / 1M
$2.30
Adjust your workload to see projected monthly costs.
OpenAI: GPT-5.4 Mini
$360
per month
Z.ai: GLM 5
$224
per month
Lower costLive Recommendation
Z.ai: GLM 5 is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.
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