GLM-5
DeprecatedGLM-5 is Zhipu AI's language model with a 1.0M context window and up to 131K output tokens, available from 13 providers, starting at $0.573 / 1M input and $1.92 / 1M output. An open-source MoE LLM from Z AI designed for long-context reasoning, multi-step tool orchestration, and complex agentic engineering tasks.
| Benchmarks | |
|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | #91 |
| GPQA | #138 |
| HLE | #86 |
| IFBench | #49 |
| Time to First Token | #450 |
| SciCode | #82 |
| LCR | #82 |
| TerminalBench Hard | #33 |
| TAU2 | #9 |
| Output TPS | #148 |
Capabilities
Input2/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF✓
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities7/13
Reasoning✓
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling✓
Parallel Function Calling✓
Structured Outputs✓
Native JSON Schema✓
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching✓
Assistant Prefill✓
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | Flex | Fast | Batch | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Cache Read $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.573 | $2.58 | N/A | — | — | — | — | $0.286 | $1.29 | |
| $1.00 | $3.20 | N/A | $0.5 | $1.60 | $1.75 | $5.60 | $0.5 | $1.60 | |
| $1.10 | $3.52 | $0.22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| $0.95 | $3.15 | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| $0.6 | $2.08 | $0.12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| $1.00 | $3.20 | $0.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| $1.00 | $3.20 | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| $1.40 | $4.40 | $0.14 | — | — | — | — | $0.7 | $2.20 | |
| $1.00 | $3.20 | $0.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| $0.6 | $1.92 | $0.12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| $1.00 | $3.20 | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| $1.00 | $3.20 | N/A | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| $1.00 | $3.20 | $0.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Cost Calculator
US Dollar ($)
Preset:
Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host GLM-5, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 1809 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-5.1 | 205K | $1.05 | $3.50 | Deprecated | |
| GLM-5 | 1.0M | $0.573 | $1.92 | Current |