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GLM 5.2 - cheapest: Inceptron $0.90/M input

GLM 5.2, a 744B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts model with ~40B active parameters per token, was released in June 2026 under an MIT license. It uses MLA and DeepSeek Sparse Attention for a 1M context window and is described as the strongest open-source coding/reasoning model as of its release date. Cloud pricing starts at $0.90 per million input tokens via Inceptron.

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GLM 5.2 - cheapest: Inceptron $0.90/M input
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MoE workstation744B total, ~40B active per token (MoE: 256 routed experts, 8 active + 1 shared). Uses MLA + DeepSeek Sparse Attention (IndexShare) for a solid 1M context. Q4_K_M (~410GB) fits a 512GB Mac Studio M4 Ultra or 4x DGX Spark; Q2_K (~240GB) fits 2-3 DGX Sparks. Strongest open-source coding/reasoning model as of June 2026.

  • 744.0B
  • 1000k
  • mit
  • Jun 2026

1 person run this as their daily driver.

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Run it locally #

Per-quant memory needs and a static "can you run it?" reference - no rig entry required

Can you run it? - reference rigs

Rig Q2_K Q3_K_M Q4_K_M Q5_K_M BF16
NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16GB

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How can a 24GB GPU run a 744B model? It does not load the model into VRAM. The quantized weights (e.g. ~410GB at Q4) sit in system RAM; the GPU only holds the small shared attention and router tensors and accelerates prompt processing. Because GLM 5.2 is a Mixture-of-Experts model, each token activates only ~40B of its 744B params, so llama.cpp streams just those active experts from system RAM to the GPU each token (the -cmoe

offload path).

That makes decode speed bound by system-RAM bandwidth, not GPU bandwidth - single digits on DDR4, which is why these rigs show 3-8 t/s even though they “fit.” A bigger GPU (e.g. 2x 3090) keeps more experts resident on-card and raises tok/s; a smaller GPU still runs it but pays the bandwidth tax. A 744B dense model could not run this way - only MoE’s small-active-params trick makes it possible.

Aggressive quants (1-2 bit) trade accuracy for size - roughly 17% accuracy loss at 2-bit vs full precision, and real long-context work often needs Q5 or Q6 even when lower quants “fit.”

Formula estimates here are conservative; real tuned setups can exceed them (one HN user reports ~6 tok/s on a 512GB DDR4 + 2x 3090 rig).

Download options #

Or run it in the cloud #

Live per-provider pricing, throughput and uptime - refreshed about 10 hours ago via OpenRouter. Click a column to sort.

Provider Type Input $/M Output $/M Cache $/M Tok/s Latency Uptime Value
WandB
API 1.39 4.40 0.260 - - 100.00% best uptime
API 1.40 4.40 - - - -
API 3.00 10.25 0.500 - - 100.00%
Alibaba
API 1.32 4.14 0.264 - - 99.97%
Novita
API 0.98 3.08 0.182 - - 99.95%
Fireworks
API 2.10 6.60 0.210 - - 99.94%
Together
API 1.40 4.40 0.260 - - 99.88%
StreamLake
API 1.12 3.52 0.208 - - 99.87%
AtlasCloud
API 1.26 3.96 0.234 - - 99.84%
API 1.40 4.40 0.260 - - 99.78%
Baidu
API 0.97 3.07 0.181 - - 99.73%
AkashML
API 1.30 4.40 0.180 - - 99.72%
Decart
API 1.20 4.20 0.200 - - 99.71%
SiliconFlow
API 1.30 4.09 0.260 - - 99.64%
Ambient
API 1.40 4.40 0.260 - - 99.51%
Z.AI
API 1.40 4.40 0.260 - - 99.47%
Io Net
API 1.60 4.99 0.799 - - 99.25%
DeepInfra
API 0.93 3.00 0.180 - - 98.84%
Parasail
API 1.40 4.40 0.260 - - 98.81%
Venice
API 1.40 4.40 0.260 - - 98.73%
Cloudflare
API 1.40 4.40 0.260 - - 98.47%
Inceptron
API 0.90 3.08 0.180 - - 98.04% cheapest
DigitalOcean
API 1.05 4.40 0.210 - - 97.56%
API 0.98 3.08 0.182 - - 97.15%
API 1.40 4.40 0.700 - - 95.48%
Morph
API 1.10 4.10 0.180 - - 95.32%
DekaLLM
risky
API 0.94 3.00 0.180 - - 92.01%
| Sub | - | - | - | - | - | - | $10.00/mo Coding Plan Lite | |
| Sub | - | - | - | - | - | - | $20.00/mo Pro | |
| Sub | - | - | - | - | - | - | $30.00/mo Coding Plan Pro | |
| Sub | - | - | - | - | - | - | $80.00/mo Coding Plan Max | |
| Sub | - | - | - | - | - | - | $100.00/mo Max |

Default order: throughput among 95%+ uptime providers, then latency; subscriptions last. Sort by any column. Subscription rows show $/mo in the Value column - per-token columns are "-". Affiliate links are marked sponsored / nofollow. Confirm current pricing on the provider's site before committing.

Detailed API pricing page + JSON endpoint →

Inference cost over time #

Data accumulates from the first daily sync - longer ranges populate over time. Prices come from OpenRouter snapshots, not a historical API.

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