GLM-OCR vs Hy-MT2 1.8B
Side-by-side comparison of API pricing, specs, benchmarks, and capabilities
GLM-OCR is 61.2% cheaper on blended cost ($0.030 vs $0.077/Mtok)
| Specification |
by Z.AI
|
by Tencent
|
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Status | Current budget Open weights | Current budget Open weights |
| Released | Jun 1, 2025 | May 21, 2026 |
| Pricing per million tokens | ||
| Input | $0.030/Mtok | $0.044/Mtok |
| Output | $0.030/Mtok | $0.177/Mtok |
| Blended avg | $0.030/Mtok | $0.077/Mtok |
| Price basis | — | Tencent's own price, quoted by the FP8 endpoint Tencent operates for this model. Tencent's RMB rate card carries the matching row — Hy-MT2-Lite at ¥0.3 in / ¥1.2 out per 1M tokens, the only row on that card that converts to these figures — at 6.78 CNY/USD. Tencent publishes no cached-input rate for this family. |
| Specifications | ||
| Context window | 128K tokens | 8K tokens |
| Parameters | Proprietary | 1.8B |
| Speed (TPS) | — | — |
| Modalities | ||
| Input |
textimage
|
text
|
| Providers | ||
| Available from |
Z.AI — $0.030/$0.030/Mtok
|
Tencent — $0.044/$0.177/Mtok
|
Cost at scale
1M tokens · 50/50 input/output| Volume | GLM-OCR | Hy-MT2 1.8B | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M tokens | $0.03 | $0.08 | $0.05 (64.7%) |
| 10M tokens | $0.3 | $0.77 | $0.47 (60.8%) |
| 100M tokens | $3 | $7.73 | $4.72 (61.1%) |
| 1000M tokens | $30 | $77.25 | $47.25 (61.2%) |
When to pick which
distilled from the pricing and spec data above
Pick GLM-OCR if…
- cost dominates: $0.030/Mtok blended vs $0.077 — 61.2% less on the same 50/50 token mix
- you need the longer context: 128K tokens vs 8K (15.6×)
Pick Hy-MT2 1.8B if…
- this pairing gives Hy-MT2 1.8B no edge on price, context, cache discount, or measured performance — pick it only for qualitative fit (ecosystem, compliance, model behavior on your prompts)
Try GLM-OCR on Z.AI
The cheaper option here — GLM-OCR costs $0.030/Mtok blended on Z.AI.
Summary
GLM-OCR by Z.AI costs $0.030/Mtok input and $0.030/Mtok output, with a 128K-token context window. It supports text, image input.
Hy-MT2 1.8B by Tencent costs $0.044/Mtok input and $0.177/Mtok output, with a 8K-token context window. It supports text input.
On a blended cost basis, GLM-OCR is 61.2% cheaper than Hy-MT2 1.8B.It also has a larger context window.
Note: Pricing is per million tokens. Actual costs vary with usage patterns, prompt caching, and batch discounts. Always verify against official provider pricing pages.
More comparisons
pairs sharing a model with this page
GLM-OCR vs Ministral 3 3B
70% price gap
GLM-4.7-Flash vs Hy-MT2 1.8B
100% price gap
GLM-OCR vs Baichuan M2-32B
57% price gap
GLM-OCR vs Nova Micro
51% price gap
Granite 4.0 H Micro vs Hy-MT2 1.8B
47% price gap
GLM-OCR vs Qwen3.7-Flash
46% price gap
GLM-OCR vs LFM2.5 8B A1B
43% price gap
LFM2.5 8B A1B vs Hy-MT2 1.8B
32% price gap