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GLM 5

by Z-ai

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...

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Quick Facts

Provider

Z-ai

Model ID

z-ai/glm-5

Modality

Text to Text

Tier

Premium

Last Updated

2026-07-12

Released

2026-02-11

Context Length

203K tokens

Tokenizer

Other

Input Price

$0.60/M

Output Price

$1.92/M

When To Use GLM 5

Best for

  • Coding, debugging, and implementation planning
  • Reasoning-heavy questions and step-by-step analysis
  • Research, summarization, and document work
  • Comparing Z-ai responses against other leading AI models

Not ideal for

  • High-volume casual chats where you want to conserve premium credits
  • Native image generation workflows
  • Prompts that require image or screenshot understanding
  • Voice, speech, or audio transcription workflows

Input & Output

Accepts

text

Generates

text

Pricing

All prices are per 1 million tokens

Input

$0.60/M

Output

$1.92/M

Cache Read

$0.12/M

Capabilities

  • Natural language understanding and generation
  • Code generation and analysis
  • Long context window for extended conversations

Example Prompts

Review this TypeScript function for edge cases, bugs, and simpler implementation options.

Turn this product requirement into a small implementation plan with tests.

Solve this problem step by step, then summarize the final answer in one paragraph.

Summarize these notes into key findings, risks, and recommended next steps.

Compare how GLM 5 and two other models answer this prompt.

Supported Parameters

frequency_penaltyinclude_reasoninglogit_biasmax_tokensmin_ppresence_penaltyreasoningrepetition_penaltyresponse_formatseedstopstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_ktop_p

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