GLM 5.2 cost & VRAM calculator
What does GLM 5.2 cost to run for your workload, and can you run it on your own hardware? Set your workload below - we compute per-provider API cost live and tell you honestly whether local hardware can run it.
Your workload
API cost for your workload
| Provider | Rate ($/1M) | Monthly cost |
|---|---|---|
| Relace | $0.07 in · $4.30 out · $0.07 cache | $0.0 cheapest |
| InferenceNet | $0.18 in · $4.40 out · $0.12 cache | $0.0 cheapest |
| Morph | $0.19 in · $3.74 out · $0.14 cache | $0.0 cheapest |
| Wafer | $0.19 in · $4.30 out · $0.18 cache | $0.0 cheapest |
| DeepInfra | $0.56 in · $1.80 out · $0.10 cache | $0.01 |
| StreamLake | $0.64 in · $2.02 out · $0.12 cache | $0.02 |
| Novita | $0.65 in · $2.04 out · $0.12 cache | $0.02 |
| DigitalOcean | $0.70 in · $2.20 out · $0.10 cache | $0.02 |
| DigitalOcean may be stale | $0.70 in · $2.20 out · $0.10 cache | $0.02 |
| CoreWeave | $0.76 in · $2.42 out · $0.14 cache | $0.02 |
| AtlasCloud | $0.94 in · $2.95 out · $0.17 cache | $0.02 |
| Nous Portal may be stale | $0.95 in · $2.99 out | $0.02 |
| SiliconFlow | $1.19 in · $3.74 out · $0.22 cache | $0.03 |
| Phala | $1.26 in · $3.00 out · $0.22 cache | $0.03 |
| Inceptron | $1.39 in · $4.39 out · $0.25 cache | $0.03 |
| Together | $1.40 in · $4.40 out · $0.26 cache | $0.03 |
| Friendli | $1.40 in · $4.40 out · $0.26 cache | $0.03 |
| Parasail | $1.40 in · $4.40 out · $0.26 cache | $0.03 |
| Venice | $1.40 in · $4.40 out · $0.26 cache | $0.03 |
| Z.ai may be stale | $1.40 in · $4.40 out | $0.03 |
| Z.AI | $1.40 in · $4.40 out · $0.26 cache | $0.03 |
| GMICloud | $1.40 in · $4.40 out · $0.26 cache | $0.03 |
| Mistral | $1.54 in · $4.84 out · $0.15 cache | $0.04 |
| BaseTen | $2.10 in · $6.60 out · $0.21 cache | $0.05 |
| Baidu | $2.25 in · $7.88 out · $0.56 cache | $0.05 |
| Alibaba | $2.31 in · $7.26 out · $0.46 cache | $0.06 |
| Decart | $2.75 in · $10.00 out · $0.60 cache | $0.07 |
| Cloudflare | $1.18 in · $4.40 out · $0.26 cache | $0.03 |
| Nebius avoid | $1.40 in · $4.40 out · $0.08 cache | $0.03 |
Monthly cost is an estimate from list prices and your workload - verify against the provider before committing. Cached fraction applies the cache rate to that share of input.
Can you run it locally?
YES - IT RUNS ON HARDWARE YOU CAN BUY
GLM 5.2 fits on individual rigs. Here's the hardware that runs it comfortably; the full per-quant VRAM matrix and tok/s estimates live on the model page.
4x H100 80GB (320GB)
320GB
Q2_K
570.3t/s
NVIDIA DGX Station 748GB
748GB
Q2_K
340.5t/s
Mac Studio M4 Ultra 512GB
512GB
Q2_K
50.7t/s
Dual EPYC 9004 + 768GB DDR5-4800
768GB
Q2_K
19.6t/s
Epyc + 512GB DDR4-3200 + 2x RTX 3090
560GB
Q2_K
8.7t/s
Epyc + 512GB DDR4-2400 + 2x RTX 3090
560GB
Q2_K
6.5t/s
Q2_K
240.0GB weights
240.0GB min
260.0GB rec
Q3_K_M
365.0GB weights
365.0GB min
400.0GB rec
Q4_K_M
410.0GB weights
410.0GB min
450.0GB rec
Q5_K_M
510.0GB weights
510.0GB min
560.0GB rec
BF16
1488.0GB weights
1488.0GB min
1600.0GB rec
Want the own-vs-rent payback (capex vs your monthly API bill)? The budget tool computes that against representative rigs.