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·Released on Aug 18, 2026

GLM 5.3 API Benchmarks, Pricing & Provider Data

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GLM 5.3 benchmark, API pricing, and provider data cover undefined API provider} other undefined API providers}}, with prices starting at $0.0080/M. GLM 5.3 free API options are available from undefined provider} other undefined providers}}. The page also shows measured API speed and first-token latency.

GLM-5.3 is a large-scale reasoning model from Z.ai, built for complex software engineering and long-horizon agent tasks. It supports text input and output with a 1M-token context window, and improves....

Quality
#14of 112
72.0
LMSpeed score
Speed
#62of 80
379char/s
30.00 s
Cost
#136of 186
$0.0080/ 1M · 8:1 in:out
$0.0013 in · $0.0067 out

Category Performance

Observed-capability estimates with uncertainty reported separately from independent benchmark families.

Coverage
3 / 8
Methodology
V3.0
Category PerformanceObserved-capability estimates with uncertainty reported separately from independent benchmark families.Agents50.8Coding62.9Reasoning60.8Knowledge-Math-Multilingual-Multimodal-Instruction following-
#1Coding62.9Provisional1/4 Measured dimensions
80% interval: 46.978.9
code generation62.9
scicode · scicode
repository engineeringPrior only
debugging testingPrior only
tooling qualityPrior only
#2Reasoning60.8Provisional1/4 Measured dimensions
80% interval: 46.974.7
abstract logicPrior only
scientific causal60.8
gpqa · gpqa / hle · hle
multistep constraintsPrior only
evidence verificationPrior only
#3Agents50.8Provisional1/4 Measured dimensions
80% interval: 32.469.1
planning50.8
benchlm_category_agentic · benchlm_category_agentic
tool usePrior only
environment executionPrior only
recovery reliabilityPrior only
No data:KnowledgeMathMultilingualMultimodalInstruction following

Specifications

Input and output token limits for this model, plus how it ranks on long-context understanding.

INPUT
1.3Mtokens
1.6K pages of text
OUTPUT
943.7Ktokens
8K128K1M4M
1.3M

Features

Technical Details

Input
Output
Released
Aug 2026
Tokenizer
Other
Architecture
text->text
Moderated
No
Supported parameters
frequency_penaltyinclude_reasoninglogit_biaslogprobsmax_tokensmin_pparallel_tool_callspresence_penaltyreasoningreasoning_effortrepetition_penaltyresponse_formatseedstopstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_ktop_logprobstop_p

Rankings

Excels at

Detailed scores

Updated: Sep 14, 2026

Overall

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Overall score72.0#14 / 112
Overall score
LMSpeed rank#14
Score72.0
UpdatedSep 3, 2026
Confidence1

Speed & latency

undefined metric} other undefined metrics}}

Output speed68.1 tok/s#62 / 80Time to first token2.70 s#56 / 80
Output speed
LMSpeed rank#62
Score68.1 tok/s
UpdatedSep 14, 2026
Confidence4
Time to first token
LMSpeed rank#56
Score2.70 s
UpdatedSep 14, 2026
Confidence4

Pricing

undefined metric} other undefined metrics}}

Input price$1.40/M#136 / 186Output price$4.40/M#119 / 186
Input price
LMSpeed rank#136
Score$1.40/M
UpdatedSep 14, 2026
Confidence4
Output price
LMSpeed rank#119
Score$4.40/M
UpdatedSep 14, 2026
Confidence4

Agents

V3.0

undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · Provisional

Score50.880% interval32.4–69.11/4 Measured dimensionsAgentic score84.8#7 / 77
Dimensions and evidence
Planning & decomposition50.8
undefined family} other undefined families}} · undefined metric} other undefined metrics}}
benchlm_category_agentic · benchlm_category_agentic · z 1.02 · q 1.00
Tool usePrior only
Environment & long-horizon executionPrior only
Recovery & completion reliabilityPrior only
Agentic scoreV3 evidence
LMSpeed rank#7
Score84.8
UpdatedSep 3, 2026
Confidence1

Coding

V3.0

undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · Provisional

Score62.980% interval46.9–78.91/4 Measured dimensionsSciCode59.0%#4 / 89
Dimensions and evidence
Code generation62.9
undefined family} other undefined families}} · undefined metric} other undefined metrics}}
scicode · scicode · z 1.55 · q 1.00
Repository engineeringPrior only
Debugging & testingPrior only
Tool-assisted development & qualityPrior only
SciCodeV3 evidence
LMSpeed rank#4
Score59.0%
UpdatedSep 14, 2026
Confidence4

Reasoning

V3.0

undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · Provisional

Score60.880% interval46.9–74.71/4 Measured dimensionsGPQA91.7%#21 / 218HLE42.3%#25 / 216
Dimensions and evidence
Abstract logicPrior only
Scientific & causal reasoning60.8
undefined family} other undefined families}} · undefined metric} other undefined metrics}}
gpqa · gpqa · z 1.07 · q 1.00
hle · hle · z 0.93 · q 1.00
Multi-step constraintsPrior only
Evidence integration & verificationPrior only
GPQAV3 evidence
LMSpeed rank#21
Score91.7%
UpdatedSep 14, 2026
Confidence4
HLEV3 evidence
LMSpeed rank#25
Score42.3%
UpdatedSep 14, 2026
Confidence4

Knowledge

V3.0

undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · No data

No data80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensions
Dimensions and evidence
Broad knowledgePrior only
Professional knowledgePrior only
FactualityPrior only
Retrieval & open-book usePrior only

Math

V3.0

undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · No data

No data80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensions
Dimensions and evidence
Foundational mathPrior only
Competition mathPrior only
Advanced proofsPrior only
Applied & tool-assisted mathPrior only

Multilingual

V3.0

undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · No data

No data80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensions
Dimensions and evidence
Cross-language understandingPrior only
Multilingual generationPrior only
Reasoning transferPrior only
Low-resource robustnessPrior only

Multimodal

V3.0

undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · No data

No data80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensions
Dimensions and evidence
Perception & OCRPrior only
Document & spatial understandingPrior only
Visual reasoningPrior only
Video & grounded actionPrior only

Instruction following

V3.0

undefined metric} other undefined metrics}} · No data

No data80% interval30.8–69.20/4 Measured dimensions
Dimensions and evidence
Constraint followingPrior only
Structured outputPrior only
Novel-instruction generalizationPrior only
Multi-turn & long instructionsPrior only

OpenRouter endpoints

26 endpoints

Third-party OpenRouter endpoint data, shown separately from LMSpeed measurements. Some 30-minute live performance fields only appear after syncing with an OpenRouter API key.

Provider endpointInputOutput1d uptime30m latency30m throughputContext / output
Friendli
friendli
$1.26/M$3.96/M100.0%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
BaseTen
baseten/fp8
$2.10/M$6.60/M100.0%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Fireworks
fireworks
$1.40/M$4.40/M99.9%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
AtlasCloud
atlas-cloud/fp8
$1.40/M$4.40/M99.9%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Sail Research
sail-research/fp8
$1.26/M$3.95/M99.9%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Cloudflare
cloudflare
$1.40/M$4.40/M99.9%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Parasail
parasail/fp8
$1.40/M$4.40/M99.6%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Decart
decart/fp4
$1.19/M$3.74/M99.6%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Novita
novita/fp8
$1.09/M$3.43/M99.5%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
AkashML
akashml/fp8
$1.17/M$3.96/M99.5%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Reka
reka/fp8
$0.936/M$3.17/M99.3%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Inceptron
inceptron/fp4
$1.05/M$4.10/M99.3%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
GMICloud
gmicloud/fp8
$1.12/M$3.52/M99.3%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Venice
venice
$1.40/M$4.40/M99.2%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Z.AI
z-ai/fp8
$1.40/M$4.40/M99.2%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
SiliconFlow
siliconflow/fp8
$1.40/M$4.40/M99.1%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Morph
morph/fp8
$0.970/M$3.31/M99.0%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Wafer
wafer
$1.19/M$4.40/M98.9%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Modal
modal
$1.40/M$4.40/M98.9%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
BaseTen
baseten/fp4
$1.40/M$4.40/M98.8%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
DeepInfra
deepinfra/fp4
$1.20/M$4/M98.4%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Crusoe
crusoe/fp4
$1.40/M$4.40/M97.4%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Phala
phala
$0.980/M$3.08/M97.0%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Makora
makora/fp4
$1.35/M$4.40/M96.6%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
DigitalOcean
digitalocean
$0.950/M$3.40/M96.5%undefined tokens / undefined tokens
Together
together
$1.40/M$4.40/M96.2%undefined tokens / undefined tokens

Pricing Comparison

Compare GLM 5.3 API pricing across 147 providers. Prices range from $0.0080/M to $175.20/M. 10dian-API offers the lowest rate at $0.0080/M. 6 providers offer free API credits or a free tier.

ProviderHealthModel VariantGroupInput ($/M)Output ($/M)Speed (t/s)First tokenAudit
L1
100%
glm-5.3
sale
$4.00/M
$14.00/M
L1
100%
glm-5.3
zai-officially
-18%$1.14/M
Cache read$0.286/M
-9%$4.00/M
L1
99%
L2
0%
z-ai/glm-5.3
default
$1.40/M
Cache read$0.260/M
$4.40/M
L1
100%
glm-5.3
default
-22%$1.10/M
-13%$3.84/M
L1
100%
glm-5.3
default
-22%$1.10/M
Cache read$0.274/M
-13%$3.84/M
L1
100%
glm-5.3
国模折扣
-56%$0.614/M
Cache read$0.154/M
-51%$2.15/M
L1
100%
L2
100%
glm-5.3
Free
-94%$0.080/M
Cache read$0.020/MCache write$0.080/MCache write 1h$0.128/M
-94%$0.280/M
L1
100%
[次]glm-5.3
default
$0.200/request
-
L1
100%
glm-5.3
default
-85%$0.205/M
-38%$2.74/M
L1
100%
glm-5.3
Self-Deployed-2
-85%$0.208/M
Cache read$0.039/M
-85%$0.652/M
L1
100%
glm-5.3
deepseek
-69%$0.438/M
-65%$1.53/M
L1
100%
glm-5.3
opencode
$3.20/M
Cache read$0.800/M
$11.20/M
L1
100%
glm-5.3
default
$3.40/M
Cache read$0.680/M
$15.30/M
L1
100%
glm-5.3
glm
$5.60/M
Cache read$1.40/M
$19.60/M
L1
100%
[xj]q|abyss/GLM-5.3
default
$8.00/request
-
L1
100%
[mt]q|次/glm-5.3
default
$11.25/request
-
L1
100%
[hm]q|满血/glm-5.3
default
$25.00/request
-
L1
100%
glm-5.3
default
-93%$0.096/M
Cache read$0.018/M
-93%$0.301/M
L1
100%
glm-5.3-free
default
-98%$0.030/M
Cache read$0/M
-100%$0/M
L1
100%
glm-5.3
default
-40%$0.840/M
Cache read$0.156/M
-40%$2.64/M
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Frequently Asked Questions

What benchmark data does GLM 5.3 include?
LMSpeed shows GLM 5.3 benchmark context, API price, output speed, first-token latency, and provider data across 153 providers when those signals are available.
What is the GLM 5.3 API price?
GLM 5.3 has pricing from undefined provider} other undefined providers}}, ranging from $0.0080/M to $175.20/M. 10dian-API has the lowest listed price.
What does the GLM 5.3 API pricing table include?
The GLM 5.3 API pricing table compares 153 providers by input price, output price, free tier status, speed, first-token latency, and recent health data when available.
Which provider has the cheapest GLM 5.3 API pricing?
10dian-API currently has the lowest listed GLM 5.3 price at $0.0080/M across undefined provider} other undefined providers}}.
Can I compare GLM 5.3 API price and speed together?
Yes. LMSpeed shows GLM 5.3 API price, output speed, first-token latency, and provider health on the same page so you can compare cost and performance together.
Is GLM 5.3 API free?
Yes, GLM 5.3 free API options are available through 6 providerundefined other undefined} on LMSpeed, including Zero API, 初叶🍂Furry API, 兔子API, 兔子API, 兔子API. These providers offer free API credits or a free tier with no per-token charges.
Where can I get GLM 5.3 free API access?
LMSpeed currently lists 6 free API providerundefined other undefined} for GLM 5.3: Zero API, 初叶🍂Furry API, 兔子API, 兔子API, 兔子API. Check each provider row before using it because free tier limits can change.

Also known as

GLM-5-3GLM-5.3ZHIPU/GLM-5.3[ba]u|zai-org/GLM-5.3[hm]q|满血/glm-5.3

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