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Z.ai ·Open weights (unrestricted) ·Released August 2026·Tracked since 26 Aug 2026

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash — quality, speed & price analysis

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Quality
unranked
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Speed
#166 of 353
70.5
Output tokens per second
Price
#14 of 524
$0.05
Blended per 1M tokens
In $0.01 · Out $0.20
Cache hit price
#34 of 410
$0.005
per 1M tokens
Context
#84 of 573
1.05M
tokens (~1,600 pages)
Summary

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash does not yet carry a Known Good Index score — the index needs at least one science, one mathematics and one coding result. It accepts text, image, video input, outputs text, and supports a 1.05M-token context window.

Pricing is $0.01 per 1M input tokens (below the $1.92 average) and $0.20 per 1M output (below the $8.89 average). Cached input reads at $0.005 per 1M. At 70 tokens per second it sits in the upper middle of the tracked range.

Generated from tracked data on 22 Oct 2026 · how these comparisons are computed →

Technical specifications
ReasoningYes
Input modalitytext, image, video
Output modalitytext
Context window1,048,576 tokens
Max output943,718 tokens
WeightsOpen weights · Open weights (unrestricted)
Knowledge cutoff—
Tool callingYes
Providers35 hosts · compare →
Highlights — where Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash sits
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Quality

How Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash compares against every tracked model

Known Good IndexCodingMathematicsReasoning
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. This model is not in this ranking: it holds no Known Good Index score.

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Quality Breakdown

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash on each evaluation feeding the index, against the tracked average

Evaluation scores

Bar = Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash · grey marker = average across tracked models · scores ingested from Epoch AI

GPQA Diamond90 / 66
Mock AIME 2024–2594 / 57
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Arena Elo

Human preference rating from blind pairwise votes

Text Arena

Elo from blind pairwise votes, ingested from Arena

1471
Elo · 95% CI ±5
#29
of 550 ranked models
36k
votes counted
1475
style-controlled (#38)

Ingested 22 Oct 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. Ranked against the 524 models priced above zero, which is the population the chart draws; excludes 42 published at no cost (free and promotional tiers).

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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

Mean output throughput across hosting providers, over successful measurements from the last 48 hours

Output speedBy provider
Output Speed

Mean output tokens per second across all tracked providers, over successful measurements from the last 48 hours. Derived from OpenRouter endpoint telemetry. Higher is better.

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Latency

Time to first token, mean across providers over successful measurements from the last 48 hours

Latency (TTFT)

Seconds to first streamed chunk, mean across tracked providers over successful measurements from the last 48 hours. Derived from OpenRouter endpoint telemetry. Lower is better.

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Providers

Hosts serving Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash, with their own price and speed

35 providers
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ProviderInput $/MOutput $/M BlendedSpeedTTFTContext
DekaLLM $0.10 $1.00 $0.33 143 0.5s 1.05M
Cohere · first party $0.15 $0.50 $0.24 124 0.7s 1.05M
CoreWeave $0.15 $0.50 $0.24 107 0.9s 1.05M
DigitalOcean $0.13 $0.44 $0.21 105 0.9s 1.05M
Fireworks $0.15 $0.50 $0.24 96 0.7s 1.05M
InferenceNet $0.12 $0.39 $0.19 94 0.4s 1.05M
Makora $0.14 $0.47 $0.22 83 0.7s 1.05M
BaseTen $0.15 $0.50 $0.24 82 0.5s 1.05M
Crusoe $0.15 $0.50 $0.24 82 0.9s 1.05M
Decart $0.08 $0.28 $0.13 78 1.1s 1.05M
Venice $0.15 $0.50 $0.24 75 3.0s 1.05M
Inceptron $0.18 $0.69 $0.31 74 0.5s 1.05M
Friendli $0.15 $0.50 $0.24 70 4.4s 1.05M
Parasail $0.15 $0.50 $0.24 68 1.2s 1.05M
Together $0.15 $0.50 $0.24 68 2.6s 1.05M
OpenInference $0.01 $0.20 $0.05 66 0.6s 1.05M
Wafer $0.07 $0.20 $0.11 58 0.5s 1.05M
AtlasCloud $0.15 $0.50 $0.24 48 3.4s 1.05M
Z.AI · first party $0.15 $0.50 $0.24 43 3.7s 1.05M
Novita $0.08 $0.28 $0.13 42 3.1s 1.05M
GMICloud $0.07 $0.25 $0.12 41 4.1s 1.05M
Reka · first party $0.08 $2.00 $0.56 40 1.1s 1.05M
NextBit $0.15 $0.75 $0.30 39 1.7s 1.05M
Relace $0.01 $0.20 $0.05 37 1.3s 1.05M
Morph $0.13 $0.65 $0.26 31 1.7s 1.05M
Phala $0.13 $0.42 $0.20 27 4.1s 1.05M
SiliconFlow $0.15 $0.50 $0.24 27 2.9s 1.05M
StreamLake $0.04 $0.14 $0.07 27 3.0s 1.02M
PrimeIntellect $0.15 $0.50 $0.24 24 7.2s 1.05M
Cloudflare $0.30 $1.00 $0.47 22 2.4s 1.05M
DeepInfra $0.15 $0.50 $0.24 22 2.0s 1.05M
Io Net $0.11 $0.38 $0.18 20 2.3s 262k
Sail Research $0.08 $0.25 $0.12 18 2.2s 1.05M
Near AI $0.08 $0.50 $0.18 14 3.0s 1.05M
Modal $0.15 $0.50 $0.24 — — 1.05M

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 26 Aug 2026

Known Good Index —
Blended price $0.05 per 1M · observed 22 Oct 2026
Output speed 70 tok/s · observed 22 Oct 2026
Time to first token 3.4s
22 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price up 7%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.05 to $0.05 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
22 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 8%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.05 to $0.04 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
22 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 79%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.24 to $0.05 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
21 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price up 728%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.03 to $0.24 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
21 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 22%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.04 to $0.03 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
21 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price up 47%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.03 to $0.04 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
21 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 89%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.24 to $0.03 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
21 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price up 290%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.06 to $0.24 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
21 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 74%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.24 to $0.06 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
21 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price up 290%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.06 to $0.24 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
21 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 74%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.24 to $0.06 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
21 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price up 290%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.06 to $0.24 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
21 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 51%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.12 to $0.06 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
21 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 48%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.24 to $0.12 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
21 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price up 46%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.16 to $0.24 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
21 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price up 238%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.05 to $0.16 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
21 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 27%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.07 to $0.05 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
20 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 14%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.08 to $0.07 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
20 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price up 11%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.07 to $0.08 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
20 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 10%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.08 to $0.07 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
20 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 68%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.24 to $0.08 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
20 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price up 215%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.08 to $0.24 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
19 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 12%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.09 to $0.08 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
19 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price up 8%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.08 to $0.09 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
19 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 11%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.09 to $0.08 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
17 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 64%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.24 to $0.09 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
17 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price up 106%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.12 to $0.24 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
17 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 7%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.13 to $0.12 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
17 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 23%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.17 to $0.13 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
17 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 27%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.24 to $0.17 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
17 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price up 197%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.08 to $0.24 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
17 Oct 2026 · price change
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash price down 66%
Blended 3:1 price moved from $0.24 to $0.08 per 1M tokens (OpenRouter).
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Comparisons

Head-to-head pages pairing Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash with other tracked models

Head-to-head pages are generated for the top 50 models by Known Good Index, which Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash is not currently in. Its nearest tracked models by index are below.

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