Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GLM 5 offers 64.8K more tokens in context window than Grok 2. GLM 5 is $8.64 cheaper per million tokens. Grok 2 supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Zhipu AI
GLM-5 is a large language model from Zhipu AI with 745 billion total parameters and 44 billion active parameters per inference, designed for agentic intelligence, advanced reasoning, and frontier-level performance. It features a 200K token context window and targets complex multi-step tasks requiring sustained reasoning and tool use. GLM-5 is available via Zhipu AI's Z.ai platform under an MIT license.
xAI
Grok 2, released by xAI in August 2024, is a large language model with 131K token context window and native image understanding, developed with access to real-time information from the X platform. It features multimodal input capabilities and improved reasoning over its predecessor. Grok 2 targets conversational assistants, image analysis, and real-time information retrieval tasks via the xAI API.
1 year newer

Grok 2
xAI
2024-08-14
GLM 5
Zhipu AI
2026-02-11
Cost per million tokens (USD)
GLM 5
Grok 2
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
GLM 5
Zhipu AI
Grok 2
GLM 5
Grok 2
GLM 5
Grok 2
xAI