--- title: "Z.ai: GLM 5 — price, capability and what beats it · Undominated.ai" canonical: https://undominated.ai/models/z-ai__glm-5/ description: "Z.ai: GLM 5: $0.700/M in, $2.24/M out. Independent capability scores, and alternatives compared under recorded workload and capability requirements." --- # Z.ai: GLM 5 — price, capability and what beats it · Undominated.ai > Z.ai: GLM 5: $0.700/M in, $2.24/M out. Independent capability scores, and alternatives compared under recorded workload and capability requirements. [Check base rates for this workload](/check/z-ai__glm-5/) [Cheaper alternatives](/alternatives/z-ai__glm-5/) [Family](/families/glm/) [Compare models](https://undominated.ai/compare/?models=z-ai%2Fglm-5) Comparison context Choose up to three standard models in Compare. Requirements and prompt length apply in Compare. This page keeps its stated price basis and workload controls. MODEL PROOF # GLM 5 Z.ai · 11 Feb 2026 Balanced Summarise Chat Code gen Agentic BETTER VALUE OPTION ## A stored alternative has an equal-or-higher measured score and an equal-or-lower price. **$1.09** / 1M tokens Balanced · 3 tokens in per 1 out Serving precision differs between offers. [MiMo-V2.6-Pro](/models/xiaomi__mimo-v2.6-pro/) · Δ score 44.7 points · 50% lower measured price · $0.540 / 1M tokens Evidence as of 06 Oct 2026 [openrouter/models](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) [LMArena · cc-by-4.0](https://huggingface.co/datasets/lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset) Independent LMArena score 1,446.3 ± 4.23 · 29,174 votes Context window 204.8K Maximum output 128K Input modalities text Output modalities text Published input price $0.700 / 1M tokens Published output price $2.24 / 1M tokens Pricing kind fixed Inspect [complete billing conditions](#billing-details) and endpoint terms below. Price from Baidu: the cheapest offer that is serving, at standard delivery and at the maker’s precision or better, at its standard rate. Cheaper right now: $0.930/M at GMICloud — promotion 40% It does not pass the like-for-like test, so it never sets a rank. Every price dimension · USD per million tokens | Input | $0.700 /M | | --- | --- | | Output | $2.24 /M | | Cached input | $0.140 /M | | Cache write | Unknown /M | | Cache write 1h | Unknown /M | | Reasoning | Unknown /M | ### Who sells it The same weights, different shops. Cheapest is not like-for-like when serving precision differs. Headline cheapest is a lower precision. Like-for-like at the best declared precision is $0.700/M from Baidu. 8 provider offers · rates, limits and conditions Rates are USD per million tokens. Endpoint terms can differ even when the quoted price and precision match. A listed parameter is a provider declaration, not a task-success test. | Seller | Input | Output | Precision | Uptime (1d) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Seller StreamLake streamlake/fp8 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.120 Context limit 198,000 tokens Output limit 128,000 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount 40% · already included in these rates Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.96% | Input $0.600 | Output $1.92 | Precision fp8 | Uptime (1d) 99.89% | | Seller GMICloud gmicloud/fp8 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.120 Context limit 202,752 tokens Output limit 182,476 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount 40% · already included in these rates Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.47% | Input $0.600 | Output $1.92 | Precision fp8 | Uptime (1d) 99.41% | | Seller Baidu baidu/fp8 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.140 Context limit 202,752 tokens Output limit 131,072 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 100.00% | Input $0.700 | Output $2.24 | Precision fp8 | Uptime (1d) 99.46% | | Seller SiliconFlow siliconflow/fp8 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.200 Context limit 204,800 tokens Output limit 131,072 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 98.68% | Input $0.950 | Output $2.55 | Precision fp8 | Uptime (1d) 99.66% | | Seller Venice venice/fp8 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.200 Context limit 198,000 tokens Output limit 32,000 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.19% | Input $1.00 | Output $3.20 | Precision fp8 | Uptime (1d) 98.79% | | Seller Novita novita/fp8 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.200 Context limit 202,800 tokens Output limit 131,072 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 100.00% | Input $1.00 | Output $3.20 | Precision fp8 | Uptime (1d) 99.99% | | Seller Z.AI z-ai/fp8 Endpoint terms Cached input /M $0.200 Context limit 202,752 tokens Output limit 131,072 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 99.92% | Input $1.00 | Output $3.20 | Precision fp8 | Uptime (1d) 99.96% | | Seller Amazon Bedrock amazon-bedrock Endpoint terms Cached input /M Unknown Context limit 202,752 tokens Output limit 131,072 tokens Tools Listed by endpoint Reasoning Listed by endpoint Promotional discount None reported Uptime · last 30 minutes 100.00% | Input $1.00 | Output $3.20 | Precision undeclared | Uptime (1d) 99.22% | ### Independent scores | LMArena Elo | 1446.3 default | | --- | --- | LMArena Elo under CC BY 4.0. Absence of another board is not a score of zero. #### Best rankings by task - Htmlslides #18 1147 - Godot games #21 1144 - Native Android apps #24 1161 - Full-stack apps #27 1121 - Mobile apps #32 1133 - Code categories #33 1252 - 3D #33 1237 - Game development #34 1247 Per-task Elo and rank from [Design Arena](https://designarena.ai), via OpenRouter’s model feed. The rank is the feed’s, and it counts models OpenRouter does not list. ### Capability | Context window | 204K | | --- | --- | | Max output | 128K | | Input modes | text | | Tool use | yes | | Reasoning | optional | | Open weights | Unknown | ### Provenance | Price source | [openrouter.ai](https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models) | | --- | --- | | Fetched | 2026-10-06 | | Quality data | verified | 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... ## Questions this page answers What does GLM 5 cost? $0.700/M in, $2.24/M out in this catalogue, as of the fetch date on this page. That is the API row, not a subscription. Does GLM 5 have an independent quality score? GLM 5 has an LMArena score in this catalogue. What beats GLM 5? MiMo-V2.6-Pro has an equal-or-higher measured score and an equal-or-lower price. Does this page use Artificial Analysis scores for GLM 5? No. Artificial Analysis figures are not published here. Quality on this page is LMArena Elo where a score exists; otherwise the row is unrated. Is the cheapest GLM 5 endpoint the same product? Headline cheapest is a lower precision. Like-for-like at the best declared precision is $0.700/M from Baidu. MODEL MONUMENT ## Save or share this proof Download proof card · 1200 × 630 Preview and more sharing options Z.ai: GLM 5. Balanced workload. 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