BREAKING
GLM 5.2 vs Fugu Ultra: 17x Cost Gap
Cost to Build the Trading Desk
Fugu Ultra
0.51
Opus 4.8
0.31
GPT-5.5
0.26
GLM 5.2
0.03
0
x
price gap
0
GLM tokens
0
Fugu tokens
Two Approaches, One Task
GLM 5.2
open-weight
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744B MoE, ~40B active
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1M-token context
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Lowest cost, local runs
Fugu Ultra
orchestration
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Multi-agent coordinator
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Most polished UI
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Higher cost and latency
0
Terminal-Bench 2.1
0
Opus 4.8
0
SWE-bench Pro
Polish or Price: No Single Answer
AI NEWS BLITZ
Four AI models built the same trading desk, exposing a striking gap between price and quality.