Z.ai: GLM 4.6 Turbo (Thinking)
GLM 4.6 Turbo (Thinking) is a reasoning model from Z.ai released on Oct 2, 2025. It reads text and writes text, with a 205K token context window and up to 131K tokens per reply.
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It costs $1 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens. Cached input bills at $0.50, 50% less than fresh input.
It supports prompt caching, and its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $1 / $3 per 1M
- Context
- 205K
- Max output
- 131K
- Released
- Oct 2, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- n/a
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
GLM 4.6 Turbo (Thinking) pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $1 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $3 / 1M tokens | |
| Cached input (read) | $0.50 / 1M tokens | 50% off input |
What GLM 4.6 Turbo (Thinking) costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
Supported request parameters
What you can set when you call GLM 4.6 Turbo (Thinking) through an OpenAI compatible API.
- Reasoning
reasoning
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GLM 4.6 Turbo (Thinking) questions
How much does the GLM 4.6 Turbo (Thinking) API cost?
$1 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.50. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of GLM 4.6 Turbo (Thinking)?
204,800 tokens of input, and it can write up to 131,072 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Does GLM 4.6 Turbo (Thinking) support tool calling?
Not through the standard tools parameter. For an agent that calls your APIs, pick a model from the alternatives below that does.
Is GLM 4.6 Turbo (Thinking) open source?
Its weights are published, so you can run it on your own hardware or a cloud of your choice. Read the license before commercial use.
When was GLM 4.6 Turbo (Thinking) released?
Oct 2, 2025.
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Building on GLM 4.6 Turbo (Thinking)?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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