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GPT-5.6 Sol vs GLM 5V Turbo

Side-by-side API pricing and Artificial Analysis performance for GPT-5.6 Sol (OpenAI) and GLM 5V Turbo (Z.ai). Green cells mark the better value in each row.

Prices updated Jul 22, 2026, 1:43 AM UTC · refreshed hourly

GPT-5.6 Sol

OpenAI

GLM 5V Turbo

Z.ai

Pricing
Input $/1M$5.00$1.20
Output $/1M$30.00$4.00
Blended $/1M (3:1)$11.25$1.90
RAG example (30K in / 2K out)$0.21$0.044
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, textimage, text, video

FAQ

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.6 Sol or GLM 5V Turbo?

GLM 5V Turbo has the lower blended API price at $1.90 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 5V Turbo costs about $0.044 per request versus $0.21. Also compare context windows: GPT-5.6 Sol offers 1.05M and GLM 5V Turbo 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.