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GLM 5OPEN
GLM-5 is Z.ai’s flagship open-source foundation model engineered for complex systems design and long-horizon agent workflows.
Prices update automatically — checked daily against provider list prices.
- $0.93 per 1M tokens, assuming 3 input for 1 output the convention used by Artificial Analysis
- cheaper than 18% of the 191 open-weight models tracked here
- 9 of 15 Z.AI models tracked here, from cheapest
Benchmarks & performance
Independent benchmark scores for GLM 5, measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better. Measurement mode: Reasoning.
For the same budget, GLM 5 delivers 4.2 times more capability. Open weights also mean you can self-host it and pay nothing per token.
Models at this level cost $0.85 per 1M tokens (median of 21) — this one costs $0.93.
Cheaper and better on this index: GLM 5.3 Flash · Gemini 3.7 Flash · Gemini 3.7 Flash (batch) and 13 more
About this model
GLM 5 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?
GLM 5 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 40.6 on the Artificial Analysis intelligence index.
Is GLM 5 free?
The weights are free and open — you can self-host GLM 5 and pay nothing per token. If you prefer a hosted API, list prices are $0.6 per million input tokens and $1.92 per million output tokens.
What is GLM 5 good at?
Independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis give it GPQA 82%, Humanity's Last Exam 29.3%, Long Context Reasoning 70.7%, SciCode 46.2%, IFBench 72.3%, τ²-Bench 98.2%, Terminal-Bench Hard 43.2%.
Can I self-host GLM 5?
Yes. GLM 5 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.