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# Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch) — unrated, priced in this catalogue · Undominated.ai

> Z.ai: GLM 5.3 (batch): $0.450/M in, $2.00/M out. No independent quality score in this catalogue — unrated, not ranked, not scored zero.

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MODEL PROOF

# GLM 5.3 (batch)

Z.ai · 18 Aug 2026

 Balanced Summarise Chat Code gen Agentic

NOT INDEPENDENTLY RATED

## No independent LMArena score is published for this model.

 **$0.838** / 1M tokens Balanced · 3 tokens in per 1 out

Evidence as of 23 Sept 2026

 [openrouter/models](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) Independent LMArena score Not independently rated
 Context window 1.05M
 Maximum output 131.07K
 Input modalities text
 Output modalities text
 Published input price $0.450 / 1M tokens
 Published output price $2.00 / 1M tokens
 Pricing kind fixed

Inspect [complete billing conditions](#billing-details) and endpoint terms below.

 Every price dimension · USD per million tokens

| Input | $0.450 /M |
| --- | --- |
| Output | $2.00 /M |
| Cached input | $0.100 /M |
| Cache write | Unknown /M |
| Cache write 1h | Unknown /M |
| Reasoning | Unknown /M |

### Independent scores

No independent benchmark has measured this model. Unrated is not a score of zero.

#### Best rankings by task

 - gamedev #3 of 107 1367
- 3d #4 of 100 1387
- codecategories #6 of 108 1322
- svg #6 of 76 1315
- uicomponent #7 of 104 1341
- python-pptxslides #7 of 26 1258
- website #8 of 114 1309
- htmlslides #9 of 23 1189

### Capability

| Context window | 1M |
| --- | --- |
| Max output | 131K |
| Input modes | text |
| Tool use | yes |
| Reasoning | always on |
| Open weights | Unknown |

### Provenance

| Price source | [openrouter.ai](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) |
| --- | --- |
| Fetched | 2026-09-23 |
| Quality data | unrated |

GLM-5.3 is a large-scale reasoning model from Z.ai, built for complex software engineering and long-horizon agent tasks. It supports text input and output with a 1M-token context window, and improves...

## Questions this page answers

 What does GLM 5.3 (batch) cost?

$0.450/M in, $2.00/M out in this catalogue, as of the fetch date on this page. That is the API row, not a subscription.

 Does GLM 5.3 (batch) have an independent quality score?

GLM 5.3 (batch) has no independent quality score in this catalogue. Unrated is not a score of zero.

 What beats GLM 5.3 (batch)?

GLM 5.3 (batch) has no independent quality score. Unrated is not a score of zero.

 Does this page use Artificial Analysis scores for GLM 5.3 (batch)?

No. Artificial Analysis figures are not published here. Quality on this page is LMArena Elo where a score exists; otherwise the row is unrated.

 Does a missing score mean GLM 5.3 (batch) scored zero?

Unrated is not a score of zero.

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