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GPT-5.6 Sol vs GLM 4.7 Flash

Side-by-side API pricing and Artificial Analysis performance for GPT-5.6 Sol (OpenAI) and GLM 4.7 Flash (Z.ai). Green cells mark the better value in each row.

Prices updated Jul 22, 2026, 1:44 AM UTC · refreshed hourly

GPT-5.6 Sol

OpenAI

GLM 4.7 Flash

Z.ai

Pricing
Input $/1M$5.00$0.061
Output $/1M$30.00$0.40
Blended $/1M (3:1)$11.25$0.145
RAG example (30K in / 2K out)$0.21$0.002615
Quality & speed
Intelligence Index58.9
Coding Index77.4
Agentic Index54
Output speed (tok/s)70
Time to first token112.90s
Specs
Context window1.05M203K
Input modalitiesfile, image, texttext

FAQ

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.6 Sol or GLM 4.7 Flash?

GLM 4.7 Flash has the lower blended API price at $0.145 per 1M tokens (3:1 input:output mix), versus $11.25 for the other model. Prices are live from OpenRouter and refresh about hourly.

Which is better for RAG workloads?

For a typical RAG request (30K input / 2K output tokens), GLM 4.7 Flash costs about $0.002615 per request versus $0.21. Also compare context windows: GPT-5.6 Sol offers 1.05M and GLM 4.7 Flash offers 203K.

Which scores higher on Artificial Analysis benchmarks?

GPT-5.6 Sol leads on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (58.9 vs —). Check coding and agentic indices on this page for workload-specific tradeoffs.