GLM-5.3
GLM-5.3 is Zhipu AI's language model with a 1.3M context window and up to 131K output tokens, available from 8 providers, starting at $1.26 / 1M input and $3.96 / 1M output. Z AI's flagship reasoning LLM sharing its base with GLM-5.2, with targeted improvements for complex software engineering and agentic tasks.
| Benchmarks | |
|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | #7 |
| Coding Index | #10 |
| GPQA | #22 |
| HLE | #21 |
| Time to First Token | #433 |
| SciCode | #9 |
| LCR | #36 |
| Output TPS | #163 |
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities6/13
Reasoning✓
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling✓
Parallel Function Calling✓
Structured Outputs✓
Native JSON Schema✓
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching✓
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Cache Read $ / 1M | |
| $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.26 | |
| $1.26 | $3.96 | $0.234 | |
| $1.40 | $4.40 | N/A | |
| $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.26 | |
| $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.26 | |
| $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.26 | |
| $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.14 | |
| $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.26 | |
Cost Calculator
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host GLM-5.3, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 1808 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p6-b300.48xlarge |  AWS | 8× B300 | 2149 GB | $142.42/hr |
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLM-5.3 Flash | 1.3M | $0.075 | $0.250 | Available | |
| GLM-5.3 | 1.3M | $1.26 | $3.96 | Current | |
| GLM-5.2 Fast | 1.0M | $2.10 | $6.60 | Available | |
| GLM-5.2 | 1.0M | $0.610 | $1.98 | Available | |
| GLM-5V Turbo | 205K | $1.20 | $4.00 | Available | |
| GLM-5 Turbo | 203K | $1.20 | $4.00 | Available | |
| GLM-5.1 Non-Reasoning | — | — | — | — | Available |
| GLM-5 Non-Reasoning | — | — | — | — | Available |
| GLM-5 Code | — | 200K | $1.20 | $5.00 | Available |
| GLM-5.1 Fast | — | 203K | $2.80 | $8.80 | Available |
| GLM-5.1 NVFP4 MTP | — | 203K | $1.40 | $4.40 | Available |