Data points: 95
Model compare
The readout for GLM-5 and GLM-5 Turbo, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: GLM-5 Turbo. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
GLM-5 Turbo
GLM-5 Turbo has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 12 to 88.
Evidence depth
95 data points
Includes 15 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 8 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with GLM-5 Turbo
The charts below split 23 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for GLM-5 and GLM-5 Turbo: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | GLM-5 | GLM-5 Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Contender | Leading |
| Weighted overall score | 12.0 pts | 88.0 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 0 categories | 5 categories |
| Operational advantages | Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage | Average speed, First-token latency |
| Context window | 204.8K tokens | 202.8K tokens |
| Max output | 131.1K tokens | 131.1K tokens |
| Modalities | Input Text Output Text | Input Text |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | GLM-5 | GLM-5 Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Z.ai | Z.ai |
| Released | Feb 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | Other | Other |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| OpenRouter ID | z-ai/glm-5 | z-ai/glm-5-turbo |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for GLM-5 and GLM-5 Turbo: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
GLM-5
GLM-5 has these operational advantages: Cheapest input price, Free providers, Provider coverage.
GLM-5 Turbo
GLM-5 Turbo is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents, Coding, Reasoning, Knowledge, Instruction following) and operational dimensions (Average speed, First-token latency).
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
GLM-5
47.8
Avg. score
GLM-5 Turbo
52.6
GLM-5 Turbo leads by 9.7
GLM-5 Turbo leads by 4.0
GLM-5 Turbo leads by 2.7
GLM-5 Turbo leads by 5.3
GLM-5
GLM-5
No data
GLM-5 Turbo leads by 1.4
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
GLM-5
winner27.2%
Rank #38/187 · confidence 4
GLM-5 Turbo
25.4%
Rank #45/187 · confidence 4
GLM-5
winner2.0
Rank #46/73 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5 Turbo
0.3
Rank #68/73 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5
82.0%
Rank #67/188 · confidence 4
GLM-5 Turbo
winner84.7%
Rank #47/188 · confidence 4
GLM-5
winner63.3
Rank #52/89 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5 Turbo
60.7
Rank #59/89 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5
winner46.2%
Rank #32/185 · confidence 4
GLM-5 Turbo
43.6%
Rank #40/185 · confidence 4
GLM-5
winner46.2
Rank #36/96 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5 Turbo
43.6
Rank #43/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5
winner39.5
Rank #34/99 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5 Turbo
38.1
Rank #38/99 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5
winner27.2
Rank #37/96 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5 Turbo
25.4
Rank #43/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5
82.0
Rank #56/96 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5 Turbo
winner84.7
Rank #46/96 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5
26.9
Rank #48/90 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5 Turbo
winner29.0
Rank #46/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5
34.0
Rank #80/90 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5 Turbo
winner62.2
Rank #59/90 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5
1274.0
Rank #23/66 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5 Turbo
winner1296.0
Rank #16/66 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5
72.3
Rank #33/86 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5 Turbo
winner73.2
Rank #28/86 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5
98.2
Rank #6/84 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5 Turbo
winner98.5
Rank #2/84 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5
winner57.7
Rank #20/28 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-03-01
GLM-5 Turbo
55.8
Rank #22/28 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-01
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | GLM-5 | GLM-5 Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | GLM-5 | GLM-5 Turbo |
|---|---|---|
65 tests | GLM-5 speed / latency 37 tok/s / 26385ms input / output No data | GLM-5 Turbo speed / latency 58 tok/s / 14600ms input / output No data |
10 tests | GLM-5 speed / latency 41 tok/s / 18111ms input / output No data | GLM-5 Turbo speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
10 tests | GLM-5 speed / latency 38 tok/s / 27517ms input / output No data | GLM-5 Turbo speed / latency 48 tok/s / 17276ms input / output No data |
5 tests | GLM-5 speed / latency 36 tok/s / 24627ms input / output No data | GLM-5 Turbo speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
5 tests | GLM-5 speed / latency 23 tok/s / 39702ms input / output No data | GLM-5 Turbo speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
GLM-5 glm-5 speed / latency No data input / output $0.068/M/$0.219/M | GLM-5 Turbo glm-5-turbo speed / latency No data input / output $0.082/M | |
GLM-5 GLM-5 speed / latency No data input / output $0.040/request | GLM-5 Turbo glm-5-turbo speed / latency No data input / output $2.50/M | |
GLM-5 GLM-5 speed / latency No data input / output $0.040/request | GLM-5 Turbo glm-5-turbo speed / latency No data input / output $2.50/M |
Weighted outcome: GLM-5 Turbo. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Output
| Features | Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputText outputTool callingJSON modeReasoning |
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