GLM 5
Z.ai released 2026-02-11
$0.930 per million tokens, balanced
No independent quality score.
No benchmark we track has measured this model. That is not the same as measuring it and finding it wanting — we simply cannot rank it, so we do not.
Every price dimension
| Input | $0.600/M |
|---|---|
| Output | $1.92/M |
| Cached input | $0.120/M |
Independent scores
| LMArena Elo | 1445.2default |
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Sources are listed separately rather than averaged. Across the 62 models both have scored they correlate at r = 0.806 — close agreement overall, but four models rank very differently between them, and a blended score would hide exactly those.
Best rankings by task
- godotgamedev #16of 43 1144
- htmlslides #17of 34 1160
- fullstack #24of 59 1155
- androidnative #24of 54 1171
- mobileapps #25of 56 1188
- gamedev #27of 144 1270
- 3d #27of 136 1274
- codecategories #28of 145 1272
Capability
| Context window | 205K |
|---|---|
| Max output | 128K |
| Input modes | text |
| Tool use | yes |
| Reasoning | optional |
Provenance
| Price source | openrouter.ai |
|---|---|
| Fetched | 2026-08-24 |
| Quality data | unrated |
GLM-5 is Z.ai’s flagship open-source foundation model engineered for complex systems design and long-horizon agent workflows. Built for expert developers, it delivers production-grade performance on large-scale programming tasks, rivaling leading...