GLM-5

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 closed-source models. With advanced agentic planning, deep backend reasoning, and iterative self-correction, GLM-5 moves beyond code generation to full-system construction and autonomous execution.

zhipuai/glm-5

Organization: Zhipu AI
Family: glm
Providers: 42
Context: 204,800
Output limit: 131,072
Knowledge: —
Release: 2026-02-12
Updated: —
Weights: Open
Input: text
Output: text
Capabilities: —

Providers

Compare every cataloged offer for this model, including its provider, route, token limits, price, and capabilities.

57 offers · USD per million tokens

Provider	Model ID	Context	Output	Input / output · 1M	Reasoning	Tools	Structured	Details
302.AI	glm-5	204,800	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
Abacus	zai-org/GLM-5	204,800	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
Alibaba Token Plan	glm-5	202,752	16,384	— / —	—	—	—	View
Alibaba Token Plan (China)	glm-5	202,752	16,384	— / —	—	—	—	View
Amazon Bedrock	zai.glm-5	202,752	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
CrossModel	z-ai/glm-5	200,000	128,000	— / —	—	—	—	View
Deep Infra	zai-org/GLM-5	202,752	16,384	— / —	—	—	—	View
DevPass (LLM Gateway)	glm-5	203,000	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
DInference	glm-5	200,000	128,000	— / —	—	—	—	View
Eden AI	zai/glm-5	202,752	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
FastRouter	z-ai/glm-5	204,800	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
GMI Cloud	zai-org/GLM-5-FP8	202,752	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
Hugging Face	zai-org/GLM-5	202,752	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
Impossibl	zai/glm-5	204,800	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
Kilo Gateway	z-ai/glm-5	202,752	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
LLM Gateway	embercloud/glm-5	203,000	131,000	— / —	—	—	—	View
LLM Gateway	alibaba/glm-5	202,752	16,384	— / —	—	—	—	View
LLM Gateway	novita/glm-5	202,800	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
LLM Gateway	tencent/glm-5	200,000	128,000	— / —	—	—	—	View
LLM Gateway	zai/glm-5	202,800	131,100	— / —	—	—	—	View
Meganova	zai-org/GLM-5	202,752	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
Melious	glm-5	203,000	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
Merge Gateway	zai/glm-5	200,000	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
NanoGPT	z-ai/glm-5-original	200,000	128,000	— / —	—	—	—	View
NanoGPT	z-ai/glm-5-original:thinking	200,000	128,000	— / —	—	—	—	View
NanoGPT	z-ai/glm-5:thinking	200,000	128,000	— / —	—	—	—	View
NanoGPT	z-ai/glm-5	200,000	128,000	— / —	—	—	—	View
Novita AI	zai-org/glm-5	202,800	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
Ofox	z-ai/glm-5	204,800	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
OpenCode	glm-5	204,800	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
OpenCode	glm-5-free	204,800	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
Amazon Bedrockvia OpenRouter	z-ai/glm-5 unknown	202,752	131,072	$1.00 / $3.20	Yes	Yes	No	View
Baiduvia OpenRouter	z-ai/glm-5 fp8	202,752	131,072	$0.70 / $2.24	Yes	Yes	Yes	View
GMICloudvia OpenRouter	z-ai/glm-5 fp8	202,752	182,476	$0.60 / $1.92	Yes	Yes	Yes	View
Novitavia OpenRouter	z-ai/glm-5 fp8	202,800	131,072	$1.00 / $3.20	Yes	Yes	No	View
SiliconFlowvia OpenRouter	z-ai/glm-5 fp8	204,800	131,072	$0.95 / $2.55	Yes	Yes	No	View
StreamLakevia OpenRouter	z-ai/glm-5 fp8	198,000	128,000	$0.60 / $1.92	Yes	Yes	Yes	View
Venicevia OpenRouter	z-ai/glm-5 fp8	198,000	32,000	$1.00 / $3.20	Yes	Yes	Yes	View
Z.AIvia OpenRouter	z-ai/glm-5 fp8	202,752	131,072	$1.00 / $3.20	Yes	Yes	No	View
OrcaRouter	z-ai/glm-5	204,800	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
Poe	novita/glm-5	205,000	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
Qiniu	z-ai/glm-5	200,000	128,000	— / —	—	—	—	View
SCNet Token Plan	GLM-5	204,800	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
SiliconFlow	zai-org/GLM-5	205,000	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
SiliconFlow (China)	Pro/zai-org/GLM-5	205,000	205,000	— / —	—	—	—	View
Tempr Gateway	zai/glm-5	204,800	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
Tencent Coding Plan (China)	glm-5	202,752	16,384	— / —	—	—	—	View
TensorX	z-ai/glm-5	202,752	202,752	— / —	—	—	—	View
Together AI	zai-org/GLM-5	202,752	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
TokenGo	z-ai/glm-5	204,800	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
Venice AI	zai-org-glm-5	198,000	32,000	— / —	—	—	—	View
Vercel AI Gateway	zai/glm-5	202,800	131,100	— / —	—	—	—	View
Vertex	zai-org/glm-5-maas	200,000	128,000	— / —	—	—	—	View
Vultr	glm-5.x-menthol	202,752	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
Z.AI	glm-5	204,800	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View
ZenMux	z-ai/glm-5	200,000	128,000	— / —	—	—	—	View
Zhipu AI	glm-5	204,800	131,072	— / —	—	—	—	View

Prices and limits apply to each offer. A dash means the value is not provided. OpenRouter offers show the hosting provider and routing channel separately.

Pricing

Compare token rates and cache charges across available routes and hosting configurations.

USD per million tokens

Input from$0.60Per 1M input tokens

Output from$1.92Per 1M output tokens

Available offers57Across 42 providers

Lowest listed input and output prices across the offers above; they may belong to different providers. These are base rates, before conditional pricing, discounts or additional fees.

Endpoint price comparisonLatest observed snapshot · 8 lowest-priced configurations

InputOutput

GMICloudgmicloud/fp8

$0.60$1.92

StreamLakestreamlake/fp8

$0.60$1.92

Baidubaidu/fp8

$0.70$2.24

SiliconFlowsiliconflow/fp8

$0.95$2.55

Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock

$1.00$3.20

Novitanovita/fp8

$1.00$3.20

Venicevenice/fp8

$1.00$3.20

Z.AIz-ai/fp8

$1.00$3.20

z-ai/glm-5Observed Oct 10, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC

Input: $0.60
Output: $1.92
Cache read: $0.12

Hosting prices through OpenRouter All endpoints and cache rates

Endpoint	Input / 1M	Output / 1M	Cache read / 1M	Cache write / 1M
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock	$1.00	$3.20	—	—
Baidubaidu/fp8	$0.70	$2.24	$0.14	—
GMICloudgmicloud/fp8	$0.60	$1.92	$0.12	—
Novitanovita/fp8	$1.00	$3.20	$0.20	—
SiliconFlowsiliconflow/fp8	$0.95	$2.55	$0.20	—
StreamLakestreamlake/fp8	$0.60	$1.92	$0.12	—
Venicevenice/fp8	$1.00	$3.20	$0.20	—
Z.AIz-ai/fp8	$1.00	$3.20	$0.20	—

Each row is a hosting configuration. Open an offer in Providers for its full pricing conditions and additional fees. Endpoint observations may differ from the routing catalog's base price.

Performance

Review reported latency and output-throughput percentiles from the latest observed rolling window.

Latest 30-minute observation

Time to first token · milliseconds

Latency distributionRolling 30-minute snapshot · 6 endpoints

P50P75P90P99

Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock

790–8,686.32 ms

Baidubaidu/fp8

934–5,340.4 ms

GMICloudgmicloud/fp8

2,909–7,738 ms

Novitanovita/fp8

1,512–8,387.4 ms

SiliconFlowsiliconflow/fp8

2,659–7,038.92 ms

StreamLakestreamlake/fp8

2,338–7,402.05 ms

All latency percentiles 8 endpoints

Endpoint	P50	P75	P90	P99
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock	790 ms	1,382.5 ms	2,454.2 ms	8,686.32 ms
Baidubaidu/fp8	934 ms	1,465 ms	2,526.5 ms	5,340.4 ms
GMICloudgmicloud/fp8	2,909 ms	3,702 ms	4,437 ms	7,738 ms
Novitanovita/fp8	1,512 ms	2,035 ms	2,911 ms	8,387.4 ms
SiliconFlowsiliconflow/fp8	2,659 ms	3,271.5 ms	4,014 ms	7,038.92 ms
StreamLakestreamlake/fp8	2,338 ms	3,046.25 ms	3,907.4 ms	7,402.05 ms
Venicevenice/fp8	1,343 ms	2,430.5 ms	4,510.5 ms	9,622.46 ms
Z.AIz-ai/fp8	8,336 ms	8,941 ms	9,616.4 ms	11,863.34 ms

Output throughput · tokens per second

Throughput distributionRolling 30-minute snapshot · 6 endpoints

P50P75P90P99

Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock

104–151.86 t/s

Baidubaidu/fp8

92–108 t/s

GMICloudgmicloud/fp8

53–122.95 t/s

Novitanovita/fp8

63–105 t/s

SiliconFlowsiliconflow/fp8

47–89 t/s

StreamLakestreamlake/fp8

48–113 t/s

All throughput percentiles 8 endpoints

Endpoint	P50	P75	P90	P99
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock	104 t/s	123 t/s	138 t/s	151.86 t/s
Baidubaidu/fp8	92 t/s	100 t/s	104 t/s	108 t/s
GMICloudgmicloud/fp8	53 t/s	68 t/s	84.5 t/s	122.95 t/s
Novitanovita/fp8	63 t/s	69 t/s	74 t/s	105 t/s
SiliconFlowsiliconflow/fp8	47 t/s	59 t/s	68 t/s	89 t/s
StreamLakestreamlake/fp8	48 t/s	62 t/s	77 t/s	113 t/s
Venicevenice/fp8	54 t/s	65 t/s	75 t/s	95 t/s
Z.AIz-ai/fp8	62 t/s	68 t/s	72 t/s	79 t/s

Percentiles describe the observed request distribution. These are snapshots of a rolling window, not a historical time series.

Uptime

Compare successful request rates across the latest 5-minute, 30-minute, and 24-hour observations.

Successful requests by window

Availability by endpointCurrent overlapping windows · 8 endpoints

Endpoint5 minutes30 minutes24 hours

Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrockObserved Oct 10, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC

100%

Baidubaidu/fp8Observed Oct 10, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC

100%

GMICloudgmicloud/fp8Observed Oct 10, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC

100%

98.33%

Novitanovita/fp8Observed Oct 10, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC

100%

SiliconFlowsiliconflow/fp8Observed Oct 10, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC

100%

99.71%

StreamLakestreamlake/fp8Observed Oct 10, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC

100%

Venicevenice/fp8Observed Oct 10, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC

100%

99.39%

Z.AIz-ai/fp8Observed Oct 10, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC

100%

Reported by OpenRouter at the time of collection; rate-limited requests are excluded. A dash means no measurement was reported. This is not a live availability check.

Benchmarks

Review attributed evaluation results on each source's original scale.

External evaluations

z-ai/glm-5Observed Oct 10, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC

Benchmark profileArtificial Analysis · shared source scale from 0 to 30

Intelligence

27.9

Design Arena	Category	Elo	Win rate	Rank
agents	androidnative	1,161	55.1%	24
agents	fullstack	1,123	51.7%	27
agents	godotgamedev	1,144	46.7%	21
agents	htmlslides	1,147	45.1%	18
agents	mobileapps	1,133	51.6%	32
models	3d	1,234	56.3%	35
models	asciiart	1,152	47.9%	43
models	codecategories	1,249	55.5%	36
models	dataviz	1,232	53%	42
models	gamedev	1,241	57.4%	37
models	svg	1,167	54.4%	36
models	uicomponent	1,234	53.6%	44
models	website	1,252	55%	40

Sources: Artificial Analysis and Design Arena, via OpenRouter. Scores retain their original scales and are not OpenAI Suite ratings.

Detailed evaluations

Evaluation scoresAccuracy or item F1 · higher is better

tau bench verified airlineZ.ai: GLM 5

75.833%

gpqa diamondZ.ai: GLM 5

77.499%

Evaluation	Configuration	Source	Results	Details
tau bench verified airline	Z.ai: GLM 5z-ai/glm-5-20260211	OpenRouter	75.833%	Details
models · dataviz	GLM 5z-ai/glm-5-20260211	Design Arena	1,228 Elo	Details
models · asciiart	GLM 5z-ai/glm-5-20260211	Design Arena	1,147 Elo	Details
models · 3d	GLM 5z-ai/glm-5-20260211	Design Arena	1,229 Elo	Details
models · website	GLM 5z-ai/glm-5-20260211	Design Arena	1,247 Elo	Details
models · codecategories	GLM 5z-ai/glm-5-20260211	Design Arena	1,246 Elo	Details
Composite indices	GLM-5 (Reasoning)z-ai/glm-5-20260211	Artificial Analysis	Intelligence 27.9 · Coding — · Agentic —	Details
models · gamedev	GLM 5z-ai/glm-5-20260211	Design Arena	1,234 Elo	Details
gpqa diamond	Z.ai: GLM 5z-ai/glm-5-20260211	OpenRouter	77.499%	Details
models · svg	GLM 5z-ai/glm-5-20260211	Design Arena	1,169 Elo	Details
models · uicomponent	GLM 5z-ai/glm-5-20260211	Design Arena	1,228 Elo	Details

Sources: Artificial Analysis, Design Arena and OpenRouter. Evaluation configurations and scales differ; results are not interchangeable. Updated Oct 24, 2026.

Activity

Daily prompt and completion tokens reported for this model's routes in OpenRouter's top 50. Missing days have no published value.

Last 90 complete UTC days

Daily token usage113,725,524,070 reported tokens · 4 days with observations

44B0

2026-07-27
25,185,971,871 tokens

2026-07-28
21,667,058,481 tokens

2026-07-30
43,779,709,678 tokens

2026-08-06
23,092,784,040 tokens

Jul 26, 2026Oct 23, 2026

Daily observations · 4 days

Date (UTC)	Reported tokens	Reported routes
Aug 6, 2026	23,092,784,040	1
Jul 30, 2026	43,779,709,678	1
Jul 28, 2026	21,667,058,481	1
Jul 27, 2026	25,185,971,871	1

Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of Oct 24, 2026. CC BY 4.0. Totals include only individually published routes. Tokenizers differ by provider; the aggregated “other” category is never assigned to a model.

Technical details & API

Explore specifications, supported parameters, reasoning controls, and API identifiers for each OpenRouter route.

Current route specifications

z-ai/glm-5Observed Oct 10, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC

Context: 204,800
Maximum output: 128,000
Tokenizer: Other
Input: text
Output: text
Moderation: No
Added to OpenRouter: 2026-02-11

Base URLhttps://openrouter.ai/api/v1

Model IDz-ai/glm-5

Version IDz-ai/glm-5-20260211

Weights IDzai-org/GLM-5

Reasoning

Required: No
Enabled by default: Yes
Default effort: —
Supported efforts: —

Supported parameters

frequency_penalty
include_reasoning
logprobs
max_tokens
presence_penalty
reasoning
repetition_penalty
response_format
seed
stop
structured_outputs
temperature
tool_choice
tools
top_k
top_logprobs
top_p

Default parameters

top p: 0.95
temperature: 1

Frequently asked questions

Answers based on the model metadata and serving offers currently in the catalog.

How much does GLM-5 cost?

Listed rates start at $0.60 per million input tokens and $1.92 per million output tokens. Prices vary by provider and configuration; see Pricing for details.

Which providers offer GLM-5?

There are 57 cataloged offers across 42 providers. Compare model IDs, prices and limits in Providers.

What is the context window?

The cataloged model context is 204,800 tokens. Each serving endpoint may apply a different limit.

Does it support tools and structured output?

Tool calling: Not reported. Structured output: Not reported. Support can vary by endpoint.

Resources

Hugging Face ↗

Catalog history · 3 recorded revisions

Metadata observations since this model was first cataloged. These are not model release versions.

Oct 20, 2026 · 29dc9cb3f585
Sep 14, 2026 · 8823747720db
Sep 12, 2026 · 1bef7a666755