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Z.ai (Zhipu AI): GLM-5.3

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GLM-5.3 is Z.ai (Zhipu AI)’s proprietary AI model, released Aug 14, 2026. It costs $1.40/M input and $4.40/M output tokens, and handles a 1M-token context window. Its strongest use case is coding, where it ranks in the 96th percentile of the models Model Beat tracks.

GLM-5.3 is a large-scale reasoning model from Z.ai, built for complex software engineering and long-horizon agent tasks.

Context
1M
Input
$1.40 / 1M
Output
$4.40 / 1M
Released
Aug 14, 2026
Modalities
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Strongest atCoding top 4%Reasoning & Knowledge top 15%

Benchmarks

Scores on standardized evaluations. Higher is better — and rank shows where GLM-5.3 lands among all models tracked on Model Beat.

91.0
Intelligence Index
Artificial Analysis
91st percentile of tracked models
96.0
Coding Index
Artificial Analysis
96th percentile of tracked models

Reasoning

2 evals
GPQA Diamond91.7%

Graduate-level scientific reasoning

Humanity's Last Exam42.3%

Frontier of human expert knowledge

Coding

1 evals
SciCode56.5%

Scientific research coding

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Frequently asked questions

What is GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 is a large-scale reasoning model from Z.ai, built for complex software engineering and long-horizon agent tasks.

Who created GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 is an AI model developed by Z.ai (Zhipu AI), released Aug 14, 2026.

How much does GLM-5.3 cost?

GLM-5.3's list price from Z.ai (Zhipu AI) is $1.40 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens.

What is GLM-5.3's context window?

GLM-5.3 supports a context window of up to 1M tokens.

How does GLM-5.3 perform on benchmarks?

On standardized evaluations tracked by Epoch AI, GLM-5.3 scores 56.5% on SciCode, 91.7% on GPQA Diamond, 42.3% on Humanity's Last Exam.

Is GLM-5.3 open source?

GLM-5.3 is a proprietary model (API access), available through its provider's API rather than as a downloadable open-weight model.

Benchmark data from Epoch AI (CC BY) and Artificial Analysis; pricing, specs & descriptions from OpenRouter. Data updated Aug 20, 2026.