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| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starting Price | $1.70e-7 per prompt token | $6.00e-7 per prompt token |
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Generates creative prose and storytelling content optimized for narrative coherence and lexical richness. The model uses a 12B parameter architecture fine-tuned on high-quality narrative datasets to produce text with expanded vocabulary selection, varied sentence structures, and enhanced descriptive language. Operates via API inference through OpenRouter's unified endpoint, supporting streaming and batch completion modes.
Unique: Fine-tuned specifically for narrative coherence and expressive vocabulary selection rather than general-purpose instruction-following — uses training data curated from high-quality fiction and literary sources to develop nuanced word choice and descriptive patterns that distinguish it from instruction-optimized models like Llama or Mistral base variants
vs alternatives: Produces more vivid, lexically diverse prose than general-purpose 12B models (Mistral 7B, Llama 2 13B) due to narrative-specific fine-tuning, while maintaining faster inference speed than 70B+ story-focused models like Llama 2 70B or Claude
Delivers model outputs via server-sent events (SSE) streaming protocol, enabling real-time token-by-token delivery rather than waiting for full response generation. Integrates with OpenRouter's unified API layer which handles model routing, load balancing, and streaming infrastructure. Supports both streaming and non-streaming completion modes with configurable token limits and sampling parameters.
Unique: Leverages OpenRouter's unified streaming infrastructure which abstracts provider-specific streaming implementations (OpenAI SSE format, Anthropic streaming, Ollama streaming) into a single consistent API — enables switching between model providers without changing client streaming code
vs alternatives: Simpler streaming integration than direct provider APIs because OpenRouter normalizes streaming format across multiple backends, reducing client-side conditional logic vs. managing OpenAI, Anthropic, and Ollama streaming separately
Maintains conversation context through OpenRouter's message-based API format (role/content pairs), enabling multi-turn dialogue where each request includes full conversation history. The model uses this history to maintain narrative consistency, character voice, and thematic coherence across exchanges. Supports system prompts for role-playing and context injection, with configurable token budgets for context window management.
Unique: Rocinante's narrative fine-tuning enables it to maintain character voice and thematic consistency across multi-turn exchanges better than general-purpose models — the expanded vocabulary and prose patterns learned during training help preserve narrative tone even in long conversations where context becomes compressed
vs alternatives: Better narrative consistency in long conversations than smaller instruction-tuned models (Mistral 7B, Llama 2 7B) due to narrative-specific training, though requires same explicit history management as all stateless API models
Exposes fine-grained control over text generation behavior through temperature, top-p (nucleus sampling), top-k, and frequency/presence penalties. These parameters tune the probability distribution over next-token predictions, allowing users to trade off between deterministic output (low temperature) and creative variation (high temperature). Rocinante's narrative training makes it particularly responsive to temperature tuning for controlling prose style intensity.
Unique: Rocinante's narrative fine-tuning makes it particularly sensitive to temperature adjustments for prose style — lower temperatures preserve the learned narrative patterns and vocabulary choices from training, while higher temperatures encourage novel combinations that maintain narrative coherence better than general-purpose models at equivalent temperature settings
vs alternatives: More predictable parameter behavior than instruction-tuned models because narrative-specific training creates more stable probability distributions over vocabulary choices, making temperature tuning more intuitive for controlling prose style
Provides access to Rocinante 12B through OpenRouter's unified API layer, which abstracts away direct model hosting, authentication, and infrastructure management. Requests route through OpenRouter's load balancer to available inference endpoints, with automatic failover and rate limiting. Supports standard HTTP REST API with JSON request/response format, compatible with any HTTP client library.
Unique: OpenRouter's unified API abstracts Rocinante behind a consistent interface that matches OpenAI's API format, enabling drop-in model switching without application code changes — developers can test Rocinante, then swap to Llama, Mistral, or other providers by changing a single model parameter
vs alternatives: Simpler integration than direct model APIs because OpenRouter normalizes authentication, request format, and response structure across multiple providers, reducing client-side conditional logic vs. managing separate integrations for OpenAI, Anthropic, and open-source models
Generates coherent continuations of partial narratives by understanding plot context, character voice, and thematic elements from provided text. The model leverages its narrative fine-tuning to maintain consistency with established story elements, predict plausible next events, and extend prose with matching tone and vocabulary. Works by encoding the partial narrative as context and sampling likely continuations from the learned narrative distribution.
Unique: Rocinante's narrative fine-tuning enables it to maintain character voice, thematic consistency, and prose style across continuations better than general-purpose models — the training on high-quality fiction teaches implicit patterns about narrative coherence, pacing, and stylistic consistency that inform continuation generation
vs alternatives: Produces more stylistically consistent continuations than general-purpose models (Mistral, Llama) because narrative-specific training creates stronger implicit models of prose patterns and character voice, reducing jarring tone shifts between original text and continuation
GLM-4.5 uses a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture to dynamically route tokens through specialized expert networks based on input characteristics, enabling efficient processing of 128k-token contexts without proportional latency increases. The MoE design allows selective expert activation per token, reducing computational overhead while maintaining reasoning depth across extended conversations and multi-document analysis tasks typical of agent-based workflows.
Unique: Mixture-of-Experts routing specifically tuned for agent workloads rather than generic dense models; expert activation patterns are optimized for tool-use sequences and multi-step reasoning rather than general language tasks
vs alternatives: Outperforms dense models like GPT-4 Turbo on agent tasks within 128k context by routing computational budget to relevant experts, reducing latency and cost vs. models that process all tokens through identical layers
GLM-4.5 implements native function calling through a schema-based registry where tools are defined as JSON schemas with parameter constraints, type validation, and description metadata. The model learns to emit structured tool invocations that map directly to function signatures, enabling deterministic tool orchestration without post-processing or regex parsing. Integration with OpenRouter's API exposes this via standard function-calling parameters compatible with OpenAI's format.
Unique: Schema-based function calling is trained directly into the model weights rather than implemented as post-hoc decoding constraints, allowing the model to learn semantic relationships between tool purposes and input context during training
vs alternatives: More reliable than constraint-based function calling (e.g., Guidance, LMQL) because tool selection is learned rather than enforced, reducing parsing failures and enabling the model to reason about tool applicability
Z.ai: GLM 4.5 scores higher at 24/100 vs TheDrummer: Rocinante 12B at 22/100.
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GLM-4.5 can be used for batch inference through OpenRouter's API, enabling cost-optimized processing of large numbers of requests. Batch processing typically offers reduced pricing compared to real-time API calls and is suitable for non-urgent inference tasks. The model can process batches of prompts efficiently, with results returned after processing completes. This is valuable for agents running scheduled tasks or processing large datasets.
Unique: Batch processing is offered through OpenRouter's unified API rather than a separate batch service, enabling seamless switching between real-time and batch modes with the same client code
vs alternatives: More cost-effective than real-time API for high-volume inference; simpler than managing separate batch infrastructure because OpenRouter handles queuing and result delivery
GLM-4.5 maintains coherent conversation state across turns by encoding prior messages into a compressed representation that persists within the 128k context window. The model uses attention mechanisms to selectively retrieve relevant prior context, enabling agents to reference earlier decisions, tool results, and user preferences without explicit memory management. This is particularly effective for agent workflows where state accumulation (e.g., task progress, discovered facts) must inform subsequent actions.
Unique: Implicit memory management through attention-based context selection rather than explicit memory modules; the model learns which prior turns are relevant without separate retrieval or summarization steps
vs alternatives: More efficient than explicit memory systems (e.g., LangChain's ConversationBufferMemory) because attention is computed once during inference rather than requiring separate retrieval and summarization passes
GLM-4.5 generates code across 40+ programming languages by leveraging training data that includes diverse codebases and syntax patterns. The model understands language-specific idioms, library conventions, and structural patterns (e.g., async/await in JavaScript, type hints in Python, generics in Java) without explicit language-specific modules. Generation is context-aware, respecting indentation, existing code style, and project conventions when completing or extending code snippets.
Unique: Language-agnostic code generation trained on diverse codebases rather than language-specific fine-tuning; the model generalizes syntax patterns across languages, enabling reasonable code generation even for less common languages
vs alternatives: Broader language coverage than specialized models like Codex (which emphasizes Python/JavaScript) but lower quality on niche languages compared to language-specific models; better for polyglot teams than single-language specialists
GLM-4.5 is trained on extensive technical documentation, API references, and code examples, enabling it to understand and reason about complex technical concepts, library APIs, and system architectures. The model can parse API schemas (OpenAPI, GraphQL, Protocol Buffers), understand parameter constraints and type systems, and generate code that correctly uses APIs based on documentation. This is particularly valuable for agent workflows that must interact with external systems.
Unique: Semantic understanding of API schemas and documentation is learned from training data rather than implemented as a separate schema parser; the model reasons about API semantics holistically
vs alternatives: More flexible than code-generation-only models because it understands API semantics and can reason about correctness; better than generic LLMs for technical tasks because training includes extensive API documentation
GLM-4.5 can generate responses that explicitly show reasoning steps, enabling transparency into how conclusions were reached. When prompted with chain-of-thought patterns, the model generates intermediate reasoning steps before final answers, making it suitable for applications requiring explainability or verification. This is implemented through training on reasoning-annotated data and prompt patterns that encourage step-by-step decomposition.
Unique: Chain-of-thought reasoning is trained directly into the model rather than implemented as a decoding strategy; the model learns to generate reasoning steps as part of its core training objective
vs alternatives: More natural and coherent reasoning steps than prompt-injection approaches (e.g., appending 'think step by step') because reasoning is learned as a first-class capability
GLM-4.5 supports multiple languages (Chinese, English, and others) with training that enables cross-lingual reasoning — understanding concepts expressed in one language and reasoning about them in another. The model can translate, summarize, and reason across languages without language-specific degradation. This is particularly valuable for global applications and agents that must operate in multilingual environments.
Unique: Cross-lingual reasoning is learned from multilingual training data rather than implemented as separate language-specific models; the model develops a shared representation across languages
vs alternatives: More efficient than maintaining separate models per language because a single model handles all languages; better for cross-lingual reasoning than language-specific models because the shared representation enables concept transfer
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