The Known Good Updated 29 Jul 2026
Z.ai ·Proprietary ·Released March 2026·Tracked since 25 Jul 2026

Z.ai: GLM 5.1 — quality, speed & price analysis

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Quality
#12 of 62
88based on 3 of 7 evaluations
Known Good Index
Speed
#138 of 317
53.0
Output tokens per second
Price
#235 of 370
$1.48
Blended per 1M tokens
In $0.97 · Out $3.04
Cache hit price
#162 of 238
$0.18
per 1M tokens (−81%)
Context
#222 of 375
205k
tokens (~300 pages)
Summary

Z.ai: GLM 5.1 is in the top quarter of the models we track for quality, and inexpensive for its standing, with mid-range throughput. It accepts text input, outputs text, and supports a 205k-token context window.

It scores 88 on the Known Good Index, well above the tracked average of 64, from 3 of the seven component evaluations. Measured against the tracked average, its strongest result is Mock AIME 2024–25 (92 against 53) and its weakest is SWE-bench Verified (74 against 71).

Pricing is $0.97 per 1M input tokens (below the $2.10 average) and $3.04 per 1M output (below the $9.62 average). Cached input reads at $0.18 per 1M, a 81% discount on its input price. At 53 tokens per second it sits in the upper middle of the tracked range.

Generated from tracked data on 29 Jul 2026 · how these comparisons are computed →

Technical specifications
ReasoningYes
Input modalitytext
Output modalitytext
Context window204,800 tokens
Max output128,000 tokens
WeightsProprietary
Knowledge cutoff
Tool callingYes
Providers19 hosts · compare →
Highlights — where Z.ai: GLM 5.1 sits
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Quality

How Z.ai: GLM 5.1 compares against every tracked model

Known Good IndexCapability indices
Known Good Index

Composite of GPQA Diamond, Mock AIME 2024–25, MATH Level 5, SWE-bench Verified, LiveBench, Humanity's Last Exam and Terminal-Bench, normalised 0–100. Scores are ingested from Epoch AI; we do not run these evaluations.

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Quality Breakdown

Z.ai: GLM 5.1 on each evaluation feeding the index, against the tracked average

Evaluation scores

Bar = Z.ai: GLM 5.1 · grey marker = average across tracked models · scores ingested from Epoch AI

GPQA Diamond85 / 63
Mock AIME 2024–2592 / 53
SWE-bench Verified74 / 71
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Arena Elo

Human preference rating from blind pairwise votes

Text Arena

Elo from blind pairwise votes, ingested from Arena

1465
Elo · 95% CI ±4
#22
of 386 ranked models
33k
votes counted
1469
style-controlled (#33)

Ingested 29 Jul 2026.

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Price & Cost

Published API pricing by token type

BlendedInput vs outputQuality per dollar
Blended Price

USD per 1M tokens at a 3:1 input:output blend. Live from OpenRouter, cross-checked against models.dev. Lower is better.

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We publish blended price rather than cost-per-task. Cost-per-task requires token counts from an evaluation suite we do not run. Blended price is computed from published rates and is fully reproducible — see the pricing methodology.

Context Window

Maximum input tokens accepted

Context windowMax output tokens
Context Window

Maximum input context from provider metadata via models.dev and OpenRouter. Higher is better.

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Speed

Median output throughput across hosting providers

Output speedBy provider

Latency

Time to first token, median across providers

Latency (TTFT)

Seconds to first streamed chunk, median across tracked providers. Derived from OpenRouter endpoint telemetry. Lower is better.

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Providers

Hosts serving Z.ai: GLM 5.1, with their own price and speed

19 providers
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ProviderInput $/MOutput $/M BlendedSpeedTTFTContext
CoreWeave $1.40 $4.40 $2.15 146 0.5s 203k
Wafer $1.00 $3.20 $1.55 87 3.2s 203k
GMICloud $0.98 $3.08 $1.50 66 2.7s 203k
Parasail $1.40 $4.40 $2.15 66 1.0s 203k
Venice $1.54 $4.84 $2.37 64 1.1s 200k
DeepInfra $1.05 $3.50 $1.66 62 1.0s 203k
Friendli $1.40 $4.40 $2.15 59 0.4s 203k
SiliconFlow $1.19 $3.74 $1.83 57 1.2s 205k
Crusoe $1.20 $4.40 $2.00 54 0.6s 203k
Novita $1.38 $4.40 $2.13 51 1.8s 205k
StreamLake $0.97 $3.04 $1.48 43 1.4s 200k
Baidu · first party $0.95 $2.99 $1.46 42 1.1s 203k
Phala $1.21 $4.20 $1.96 42 2.0s 203k
Z.AI · first party $1.40 $4.40 $2.15 42 6.5s 203k
Chutes $0.98 $3.08 $1.50 41 1.8s 203k
Nebius $1.40 $4.40 $2.15 29 0.4s 203k
AtlasCloud $1.26 $3.96 $1.94 27 4.7s 203k
DigitalOcean $0.97 $4.30 $1.81 20 1.0s 164k
Fireworks $1.40 $4.40 $2.15 203k

Per-host pricing and telemetry from OpenRouter. Speed is output tokens per second; TTFT is time to first token.

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History

How price and quality have moved since we began tracking this model

Quality & price over time

Since 25 Jul 2026

Known Good Index 88 · based on 3 of 7 evaluations
Blended price $1.48 per 1M · observed 29 Jul 2026
Output speed 53 tok/s · observed 29 Jul 2026
Time to first token 1.8s

No recorded changes for this model since tracking began.

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Comparisons

Head-to-head pages pairing Z.ai: GLM 5.1 with other tracked models

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Pricing & providers — OpenRouter Metadata — models.dev Benchmarks — Epoch AI (CC-BY 4.0)Elo — Arena Full attribution →