Context
1M
Max output
1M
Serving providers
16
Cheapest input
$0.079 /1M
On-demand listed rates, OpenRouter routed quotes and Vercel reseller quotes. Enterprise commitments (committed-use discounts, provisioned throughput, negotiated rates) can be materially lower. An OpenRouter routed quote is the price of whichever upstream provider OpenRouter prefers today, so it moves day to day.
Benchmarks
independent evaluations · source: Artificial AnalysisSpeed & latency
Output speed
62 t/s
tokens / second
Time to first token
3.50s
latency
Headline indices
Individual benchmarks · click a row for effort variants
| Benchmark | Best score | Effort | Cost / task | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aa Analyst Agent | 0.4 | default | — | |||||||||||||
| Automation Bench | 0.6 | default | — | |||||||||||||
| CritPt | 19% | default | — | |||||||||||||
| GDPval (normalized)Frozen Aug 18, 2026 | 58% | default | — | |||||||||||||
| GPQA Diamond | 92% | default | — | |||||||||||||
| Harvey Lab | 0.0 | default | — | |||||||||||||
| Humanity's Last Exam | 42% | default | — | |||||||||||||
| IT-Bench SRE | 46% | default | — | |||||||||||||
| Long-Context Reasoning | 80% | default | — | |||||||||||||
| Mlcr OverallFrozen Sep 9, 2026 | 0.5 | default | — | |||||||||||||
| Omniscience | 14.3 | default | — | |||||||||||||
| Omniscience Accuracy | 0.3 | default | — | |||||||||||||
| Omniscience Non Hallucination | 0.7 | default | — | |||||||||||||
| SciCode | 59% | default | — | |||||||||||||
| Terminal Bench40 | 0.4 | default | — | |||||||||||||
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| TerminalBench v2.1 | 84% | default | — | |||||||||||||
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| τ-bench Banking | 50% | default | — | |||||||||||||
Artificial Analysis last published scores for this benchmark on Sep 9, 2026. Scores here are frozen at that date, and models released since are not on it.
Artificial Analysis last published scores for this benchmark on Aug 18, 2026. Scores here are frozen at that date, and models released since are not on it.
Pricing by serving provider
standard tier · per 1M tokens · click a provider to expandInput pricing runs from $0.079 to $1.68 per 1M tokens across 16 providers, so the dearest route costs 2027% more than the cheapest for the same model.
| Serving provider | Input /1M | Output /1M | Endpoints | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenRouterRouted quote | $0.079 | $4.80 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Standardz-ai/glm-5.3
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| Sail | $0.98 | $3.08 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Standardsail/zai-org/GLM-5.3
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| Coralbricks | $1.12 | $4.40 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Standardcoralbricks/glm-5.3
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| Aihubmix | $1.13 | $3.94 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Standardaihubmix/glm-5.3
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| Friendliai | $1.26 | $3.96 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Standardfriendliai/zai-org/GLM-5.3
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| Baseten | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Standardbaseten/zai-org/GLM-5.3
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| Databricks | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Standarddatabricks/databricks-glm-5-3
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| Fireworks AI | $1.40 | $4.40 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Standardfireworks_ai/accounts/fireworks/models/glm-5p3
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| Vercel is dearest at $2.10 / $6.60 | |||||||||||||||||||
Price history
listed seller prices, input and output per 1M tokens Input Output
Input down 30% since first tracked
Cost calculator
estimate your monthly spend on this model$400
estimated / month
Model IDs
copy the exact identifier for your platformz-ai/glm-5.3z-ai/glm-5.3:batchsail/zai-org/GLM-5.3coralbricks/glm-5.3aihubmix/glm-5.3friendliai/zai-org/GLM-5.3tencent/glm-5.3zai/glm-5.3together_ai/zai-org/GLM-5.3fireworks_ai/accounts/fireworks/models/glm-5p3novita/zai-org/glm-5.3databricks/databricks-glm-5-3baseten/zai-org/GLM-5.3mistral/zai-glm-5-3nebius/zai-org/GLM-5.3zai/glm-5.3global.zai.glm-5.3zai/glm-5.3-fast
Frequently asked questions
GLM 5.3 pricing, context and availabilityHow much does GLM 5.3 cost?
GLM 5.3 costs $0.079 per 1M input tokens as an OpenRouter routed quote, and $3.08 per 1M output tokens from Sail. An OpenRouter routed quote is the price of whichever upstream provider OpenRouter prefers today, so it moves day to day. Across 16 serving providers, input prices range from $0.079 to $1.68 per 1M tokens.
What is the context window of GLM 5.3?
GLM 5.3 accepts up to 1M tokens of context and can return up to 1M output tokens.
Which providers serve GLM 5.3?
GLM 5.3 is available from 16 serving providers, each with its own pricing and model ID. OpenRouter is currently the cheapest, as a routed quote.
What can GLM 5.3 do?
GLM 5.3 supports image input (vision), tool use, reasoning, prompt caching and structured output.
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