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Z.ai: GLM 5.2 vs Llama 4 Maverick Instruct

Compare Z.ai: GLM 5.2 and Llama 4 Maverick Instruct by providers, context, price, and TrustedRouter route support.

Verify gateway

Onebase URL to migrate

100sof models and routes

0prompt or output logs. Always.

Compare routesProviders, price, context, and policy posture in one view.

Use auto when uptime mattersKeep a primary model and let fallback handle provider failures.

Same API shapeUse the OpenAI client and set the model you want.

Practical read

Llama 4 Maverick Instruct has the lower cheapest prompt+completion route on TrustedRouter. Z.ai: GLM 5.2 has more provider fallback routes, while Z.ai: GLM 5.2 has the larger context window. Current TrustedRouter probes show Llama 4 Maverick Instruct with the lower p50 TTFT.

$3.927/1MZ.ai: GLM 5.2 cheapest route

$1.176/1MLlama 4 Maverick Instruct cheapest route

1806 msZ.ai: GLM 5.2 measured p50 TTFT

970 msLlama 4 Maverick Instruct measured p50 TTFT

Z.ai: GLM 5.2Llama 4 Maverick Instruct

Model idz-ai/glm-5.2meta-llama/llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct-fp8

PublisherZ.AICerebras

AI IQ IQ 120#16 —

Context1,048,576 tokens1,048,576 tokens

Provider routes392

Cheapest route$3.927/1M$1.176/1M

Privacy posturehas provider E2EE routeprovider posture varies

Modes chat chat

Z.ai: GLM 5.2 routes

Overview39 endpoints
PricingPrompt and completion rates
BenchmarksTrustedRouter and external sources
ProvidersAll serving providers

Llama 4 Maverick Instruct routes

Overview2 endpoints
PricingPrompt and completion rates
ProvidersAll serving providers

Production choice

Pick a default model. Keep fallback enabled.

TrustedRouter is useful when you know the model you want, but still need provider rollover, budget limits, usage records, and a prompt path you can verify.

OpenAI clientPython

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.trustedrouter.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-tr-v1-..."
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="z-ai/glm-5.2",
    messages=messages,
)