GLM 4.5V
by Z-ai
GLM-4.5V is a vision-language foundation model for multimodal agent applications. Built on a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture with 106B parameters and 12B activated parameters, it achieves state-of-the-art results in video understanding,...
Quick Facts
Provider
Z-ai
Model ID
z-ai/glm-4.5v
Modality
Text and Image to Text
Tier
Premium
Last Updated
2026-07-12
Released
2025-08-11
Context Length
66K tokens
Tokenizer
Other
Input Price
$0.60/M
Output Price
$1.80/M
When To Use GLM 4.5V
Best for
- Reasoning-heavy questions and step-by-step analysis
- Image understanding, screenshots, and visual questions
- Comparing Z-ai responses against other leading AI models
Not ideal for
- High-volume casual chats where you want to conserve premium credits
- Native image generation workflows
- Voice, speech, or audio transcription workflows
Input & Output
Accepts
Generates
Pricing
All prices are per 1 million tokens
Input
$0.60/M
Output
$1.80/M
Cache Read
$0.11/M
Capabilities
- Natural language understanding and generation
- Image analysis and understanding
Example Prompts
Solve this problem step by step, then summarize the final answer in one paragraph.
Analyze this screenshot and explain what is happening, including any UI issues.
Compare how GLM 4.5V and two other models answer this prompt.
Use GLM 4.5V to produce a concise answer, then list assumptions and tradeoffs.
Supported Parameters
frequency_penaltyinclude_reasoningmax_tokenspresence_penaltyreasoningrepetition_penaltyresponse_formatseedstoptemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_ktop_pCompare and Use GLM 4.5V
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