Z.ai: GLM 5

Z-AI Developer Architecture Profile

OpenRouter ↗HuggingFace ↗

Intelligence (ELO)1456Chatbot Arena Verified

Max Context Limit204,800Max Out: 128,000 tokens

Prompt Caching80% OFF$0.12 / 1M cached

Standard API / 1M$2.52Blended Standard Rate

Model Capabilities & Contract SLAs

Top Tier
Coding & Logic
Fictional

GLM-5 is Z.ai’s flagship open-source foundation model engineered for complex systems design and long-horizon agent workflows. Built for expert developers, it delivers production-grade performance on large-scale programming tasks, rivaling leading...

Granular Pricing Matrix

Input Tokens (Standard Prompt)$0.60 / 1M

⚡ Cached Input (Prompt Cache Read)80% OFF$0.12 / 1M

Output Tokens (Completion)$1.92 / 1M

Pricing data via OpenRouter. Sync: 10/2/2026

Evaluate Competitors

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