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GLM-Image: Benchmarks, Pricing & Context Window
GLM-Image is a image generation model from ZAI, released in January 2026.
GLM-Image is a high-quality text-to-image generation model from Zhipu AI. It excels at generating detailed, coherent images from text prompts with strong prompt adherence and artistic quality.
GLM-Image examples
Recent arena outputs from GLM-Image, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.
GLM-Image API
Set for image-to-image / editing models.
Run a request to see the response
Use it in your code
OpenAI-compatible endpoint through the LLM Stats gateway.
import requests
# Create the generation. wait="auto" long-polls (up to 60s) so most short
# jobs return as "completed" in a single round-trip.
res = requests.post(
"https://gateway.llm-stats.com/v1/generations",
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
json={
"model": "glm-image",
"input": {"prompt": "A beautiful sunset over mountains"},
"wait": "auto",
},
)
job = res.json()
# If it didn't finish inside the wait window, poll the same resource.
while job["status"] in ("queued", "running"):
res = requests.get(
f"https://gateway.llm-stats.com/v1/generations/{job['id']}",
params={"wait": 60},
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
job = res.json()
if job["status"] == "completed":
print("image:", job["output"]["media"][0]["url"])
else:
print("Failed:", job["error"]["message"])Need an API key? Create one above in the playground, or read the API documentation.
GLM-Image pricing
Providers
GLM-Image starts at $0.0300 per generated image via ZAI. See all 2 providers below with their per-image pricing, latency, and modality support.
| Provider | Price $/image | Latency s | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.0300 | — | |||
| $0.0500 | — |
GLM-Image benchmarks
Image Arena Performance
Performance by category and language
Where GLM-Image is strongest across prompt themes and languages. Conservative TrueSkill score (μ − 3σ), only axes with 3+ votes.
Leaderboard Rankings
Quality Tracker
GLM-Image Performance Across Datasets
Scores sourced from the model's scorecard, paper, or official blog posts
Similar Models
How GLM-Image compares to its closest neighbors on each image arena it competes in.
GLM-Image license
GLM-Image is released under the MIT license, which permits commercial use, has 16.0B parameters.
- License
- MIT
- Commercial use allowed
- Parameters
- 16.0B
MIT License - allows commercial use
Models like GLM-Image
Other image models ranked closest to GLM-Image.
FAQ
Common questions about GLM-Image.