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GLM 5 TurboOPEN
GLM-5 Turbo is a new model from Z.ai designed for fast inference and strong performance in agent-driven environments such as OpenClaw scenarios.
Prices update automatically — checked daily against provider list prices.
- $1.9 per 1M tokens, assuming 3 input for 1 output the convention used by Artificial Analysis
- cheaper than 5% of the 191 open-weight models tracked here
- 13 of 15 Z.AI models tracked here, from cheapest
Benchmarks & performance
Independent benchmark scores for GLM 5 Turbo, measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.
Models at this level cost $1.13 per 1M tokens (median of 26) — this one costs $1.9.
Cheaper and better on this index: GLM 5.3 Flash · Gemini 3.7 Flash · Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) and 29 more
About this model
GLM 5 Turbo is an open-weight AI model by Z.AI. You can download and self-host it for free; the prices below are hosted-API list prices, tracked daily, for when you prefer convenience over self-hosting.
Frequently asked questions
What is GLM 5 Turbo?
GLM 5 Turbo is an AI language model from Z.AI. It is open-weight: you can download it and run it on your own hardware, for free. It scores 39.1 on the Artificial Analysis intelligence index.
Is GLM 5 Turbo free?
The weights are free and open — you can self-host GLM 5 Turbo and pay nothing per token. If you prefer a hosted API, list prices are $1.2 per million input tokens and $4 per million output tokens.
What is GLM 5 Turbo good at?
Independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis give it GPQA 84.7%, Humanity's Last Exam 27.8%, Long Context Reasoning 66.7%, SciCode 43.6%, IFBench 73.2%, τ²-Bench 98.5%, Terminal-Bench Hard 33.3%.
Can I self-host GLM 5 Turbo?
Yes. GLM 5 Turbo has open weights, so you can download it and run it on your own GPU or server with tools like Ollama, vLLM or llama.cpp — with no per-token cost.