GLM-5.3 Flash
GLM-5.3 Flash is Zhipu AI's language model with a 1.3M context window and up to 944K output tokens, available from 15 providers, starting at $0.11 / 1M input and $0.35 / 1M output. A native multimodal LLM optimized for efficient coding and long-horizon agent tasks, using a hybrid sparse and linear attention architecture to maintain accuracy over long contexts.
| Benchmarks | |
|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | #24 |
| Coding Index | #22 |
| GPQA | #30 |
| HLE | #42 |
| Time to First Token | #529 |
| SciCode | #48 |
| LCR | #48 |
| Output TPS | #204 |
Capabilities
Input3/5
Text✓
Image✓
Audio·
Video✓
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities7/13
Reasoning✓
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling✓
Parallel Function Calling✓
Structured Outputs✓
Native JSON Schema✓
Web Search✓
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching✓
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | Flex | Fast | Batch | |||||||||
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| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Cache Read $ / 1M | Cache Write 5m $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Cache Read $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Cache Read $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Cache Read $ / 1M | |
| $0.113 | $0.394 | $0.0282 | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| $0.188 | $0.625 | $0.038 | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| $0.15 | $0.5 | $0.03 | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| $0.15 | $0.5 | $0.03 | $0.15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| $0.15 | $0.5 | $0.03 | N/A | — | — | — | $0.188 | $0.625 | $0.0375 | — | — | — | |
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| $0.15 | $0.5 | $0.03 | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | — | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $0.06 | $0.2 | $0.012 | |
| $0.15 | $0.5 | $0.03 | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| $0.11 | $0.35 | $0.02 | N/A | $0.05 | $0.18 | $0.01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| $0.15 | $0.5 | $0.03 | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| $0.15 | $0.5 | $0.03 | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Cost Calculator
US Dollar ($)
Preset:
Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host GLM-5.3 Flash, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 771 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_ND96is_MI300X_v5 |  Azure | 8× AMD Instinct MI300X GPU (192GB) | 1536 GB | $48.00/hr | ||
| Standard_ND96isr_MI300X_v5 | Azure | 8× AMD Instinct MI300X | 1536 GB | $48.00/hr | ||
| p5en.48xlarge |  AWS | 8× H200 | 1128 GB | $63.30/hr | ||
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLM-5.3 FlashX | 1.0M | $0.370 | $1.25 | Available | |
| GLM-5.3 Flash | 1.3M | $0.110 | $0.350 | Current | |
| GLM-5.3 Flash US | — | 1.0M | $0.225 | $0.750 | Available |
| GLM-4.6V Flash | 128K | — | — | Available | |
| GLM-4.7 Flash Non-Reasoning | — | — | — | — | Available |
| GLM-4.5 Flash | — | 128K | — | — | Available |
Other Models
| Model | Tier | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLM-5.3 Prime | — | 1.0M | $2.80 | $8.80 | |
| GLM-5.3 | — | 1.3M | $0.070 | $3.08 | |
| GLM-5.3 (50% off) | — | 1.0M | — | — | |
| GLM-5.2 Fast | — | 1.0M | $2.10 | $6.60 | |
| GLM-5.2 | — | 1.0M | $0.171 | $1.98 | |
| GLM-5V Turbo | — | 205K | $0.704 | $3.10 | |
| GLM-5 Turbo | — | 203K | $1.20 | $4.00 | |
| GLM-5.1 Non-Reasoning | — | — | — | — | — |
| GLM-5 Non-Reasoning | — | — | — | — | — |
| GLM-5 Code | — | — | 200K | $1.20 | $5.00 |