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  5. GLM 4 32BvsGrok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta
Updated Mar 2026

GLM 4 32BvsGrok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta

GLM 4 32B is cheaper than Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta at $0.1/M vs $2/M input tokens.

GLM 4 32B and Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecGLM 4 32BGrok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta
Input price$0.1/M tokens$2/M tokens
Output price$0.1/M tokens$6/M tokens
Context window128K tokens2.0M tokens
WeightsOpenClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedJul 2025Mar 2026
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 53 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Mini LBO Underwrite

You are underwriting a 5-year LBO for a private equity investment committee. Company (fictional): HarborTech Services (HTS) –…

GLM 4 32B391 words
Year-by-Year LBO Model (FY2026–FY2030) Metric FY2026 FY2027 FY2028 FY2029 FY2030 Revenue $972m $1,040m $1,102m $1,162m $1,218m EBITDA $136m $156m $177m $192m $207m Cash Interest (Term Loan) $43m $39m $34m $30m $26m Cash Interest (Mezz) $18m $16m $14m $12m $11m Cash Taxes $15m $22m $29m $35m $41m Capex $29m $31m $33m…
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Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta490 words
1) Simplified LBO table (FY2026–2030, $m, rounded) Entry (end-FY2025): Rev $900m, EBITDA $120m, EV $1,440m (12.0x), trans fees $28.8m (2% of EV), total uses $1,468.8m. Debt $660m (TL $480m at 4.0x / 9% cash int / 1% annual amort of orig principal; Mezz $180m at 1.5x / 12% cash + 2% PIK). Equity $808.8m.
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Generate a Stand-Up Routine

Write a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that isn't based on puns.

GLM 4 32B492 words
(Steps onto stage, takes a sip of water, looks out at the audience) Alright, alright. Thanks for having me. It's nice to be here. Feels good. Honestly, sometimes I forget what it feels like to be here. Like, physically. In a room. With other humans. It's been a thing lately, you know? Just...
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Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta524 words
Stand-Up Routine: "Adulting Is a Scam" (Walk on stage, casual, a little tired smile) You ever notice how nobody tells you that being an adult is mostly just pretending you know what you're doing while slowly realizing nobody else does either? I hit 30 and had this moment where I thought, "Okay, time to get serious."
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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

GLM 4 32B1,807 words
Okay, this is an incredibly challenging situation with immense pressure from multiple fronts. My priority is unwavering: patient safety comes first, followed by mitigating harm and navigating the crisis with integrity. Delay is not an option when patient safety is potentially compromised.
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Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta1,178 words
My Action Plan as CEO (Next 48 Hours) Core Decision and Overarching Reasoning: I will treat this as a confirmed safety signal requiring urgent action. Patient safety is non-negotiable—ethically (primum non nocere and responsibility to 4 million patients), legally (FDA regulations under 21 CFR 314.80 require reporting…
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Historical Counterfactual Analysis

If the transistor had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947, trace the likely technological, economic, and geopolitical implications through…

GLM 4 32B1,590 words
Okay, let's rewind history and place the invention of the transistor firmly in 1920 instead of 1947. This is a massive shift with cascading effects. Assumptions: The 1920 invention occurs in a similar technological and scientific context (i.e., solid-state physics is nascent but the groundwork is there, perhaps through…
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Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta1,362 words
The transistor invented in 1920 (27 years early) would create a massive acceleration in electronics, computing, and related fields. Assuming it emerges from Western labs (e.g., an earlier Bell Labs equivalent in the US or UK), with germanium/silicon semiconductor work scaling in the 1920s–1930s, solid-state devices…
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Character Voice Test

Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.

GLM 4 32B672 words
Setting: A bizarre, technicolor dimension where a pirate's ship, a medieval castle, and a 90s computer lab somehow coexist. Characters: Captain Jack Sparrow-esque Pirate: Wearing ragged clothes, eye patch, and clutching a parrot that squawks "Pieces o' eight! Pieces o' eight!"
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Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta165 words
Pirate: Arrr, this AI model be a wondrous map o' the seas! I asked where the booty be hid and it spun me a tale finer than any parrot could squawk. But the scallywag lies sometimes! Knight: Verily, 'tis a most enchanted oracle, like Merlin's own crystal. Yet it hath no honor, no code of chivalry.
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Estimate Complexity

Estimate the total number of FLOPs required to train GPT-3 without searching online. Explain your reasoning step by step.

GLM 4 32B642 words
Okay, let's estimate the FLOPs for training GPT-3 based on its known parameters and general understanding of Transformer training. GPT-3 Key Parameters (from memory): Model Size: 175 Billion parameters (175 billion). Number of Layers (Depth): 96. Hidden Size (d_model): 1280. Number of Attention Heads: 96.
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Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta167 words
3.15 \times 10^{23} FLOPs GPT-3 (the 175B-parameter version) has N ≈ 1.75 × 10^{11} parameters. It was trained on a filtered dataset of roughly D ≈ 3 × 10^{11} tokens (a commonly cited figure drawn from Common Crawl, WebText, books, and Wikipedia, with some up-sampling of higher-quality sources).
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Our Verdict
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta
GLM 4 32B
GLM 4 32BRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.

GLM 4 32B costs 60x less per token.

Slight edge

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API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GLM 4 32B
Input
$0.10
20× cheaper
Output
$0.10
60× cheaper
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00

GLM 4 32B is cheaper on both: 20× input, 60× output.

Where to run it

1 host

GLM 4 32B

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
xAI$1.25 in·$2.50 out·2M·80.3% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 23 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
45%

GLM 4 32B uses 1.8x more bold

GLM 4 32B
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta
55%Vocabulary59%
15wSentence Length16w
0.74Hedging0.41
4.9Bold2.7
3.8Lists2.4
0.00Emoji0.00
0.35Headings0.26
0.04Transitions0.02
Based on 27 + 23 text responses
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GLM 4 32B is developed by Zhipu AI while Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta is developed by xAI. GLM 4 32B has a 128K token context window vs Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta's 2.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 53 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. GLM 4 32B and Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 53 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

GLM 4 32B costs $0.1/M input tokens and Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent Beta costs $2/M input tokens. GLM 4 32B is $1.90/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

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