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Real data comparison

Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) vs MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (free)

On quality, Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) leads (52.6 vs 45.4). On price, MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (free) is cheaper ($0.52 vs $1.83 per 1M). In real production usage, Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) is used more (rank #6 vs #9 of 312).

  • Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free)
  • MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (free)
Quality (Intelligence Index)52.6 / 45.4
Price ($/1M blended)$1.83 / $0.52
Average usage share5.13% / 3.88%
Best provider uptime100.0% / 100.0%
Coding index68.8 / 58.6
Agentic index45.7 / 36.1
Context window1,048,576 / 1,048,576
Quality per dollar28.8 pts/$ / 86.5 pts/$

Usage share over time

9.99%7.49%5.00%2.50%0.00%Share of usageJul 5Jul 31Aug 27
  • Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free)
  • MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (free)

Frequently asked questions

Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) vs MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (free): which is better quality?

Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) scores higher on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index (52.6 vs 45.4).

Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) vs MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (free): which is cheaper?

MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (free) is cheaper at $0.52/1M vs $1.83/1M.

Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) vs MiniMax: MiniMax M3 (free): which is used more?

Z.ai: GLM 5.2 (free) has higher real OpenRouter usage share (rank #6 vs #9 of 312).

Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of August 28, 2026.

Benchmark scores: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings).

Methodology: www.smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

Token counts originate from each provider's own tokenizer and are not directly comparable across providers.