PrismML: Ternary Bonsai 2 27B vs Z.ai: GLM Flash Latest
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-10-04.
| PrismML: Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Z.ai: GLM Flash Latest | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | prism-ml | ~z-ai |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Input Price | $0.07/M | $0.03/M |
| Output Price | $0.50/M | $0.50/M |
| Context Window | 262,144 | 1,048,576 |
| Max Output | 32,768 | 131,072 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
The verdict
For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, GLM Flash Latest costs $0.16 and Ternary Bonsai 2 27B costs $0.20, so GLM Flash Latest is about 1.3 times cheaper for the same work.
GLM Flash Latest reads up to 1,048,576 tokens at once, roughly 1,573 pages of text, against about 393 pages for Ternary Bonsai 2 27B.
Only GLM Flash Latest offers video input.
Across the 14 tasks where they differ, GLM Flash Latest on 14 (SQL Generation, Code Review, Code Completion and others).
Ternary Bonsai 2 27B was released in September 2026 and GLM Flash Latest in August 2026.
Pick GLM Flash Latest if you need lower cost, long documents, video input or the stronger all-round task scores.
Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.
Who wins by task?
| Task | PrismML: Ternary Bonsai 2 27B | Z.ai: GLM Flash Latest |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 131 | 133 |
| Code Review | 126 | 132 |
| Code Completion | 129 | 131 |
| Code Refactoring | 127 | 136 |
| Bug Fixing | 130 | 136 |
| Unit Test Generation | 121 | 124 |
| Code Documentation | 126 | 131 |
| CI/CD Pipelines | 117 | 120 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 128 | 133 |
| ETL Scripting | 122 | 128 |
| OCR / Document Parsing | 128 | 131 |
| Table Extraction from PDFs | 128 | 131 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 129 | 137 |
| Blog Post Writing | 119 | 121 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →