Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash
Analysis Summary
Z.ai's GLM 5.3 Flash pairs a 1,310,720-token context window with image and video input, tool use, and function calling. Its measured coding and agentic capabilities are strong, while its general reasoning results are also competitive. At $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens, it offers a comparatively economical profile for a capable multimodal model.
It is a good candidate for code assistance, long-document analysis, and tool-connected workflows, with vision and video support extending its usefulness to media review. For high-stakes client work, teams should still validate task-specific accuracy and tool reliability. Its balance of capability, context, and price suits a broad production test, especially where premium models would be excessive for routine traffic.
Assessed September 23, 2026
Editorial notes
GLM 5.3 Flash combines strong coding and agentic results with image and video input, tool calling, a 1.3M-token context, and low listed prices.
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DFO Verdict
GLM 5.3 Flash combines strong coding and agentic results with image and video input, tool calling, a 1.3M-token context, and low listed prices.
Benchmarks
Artificial Analysis data refreshed Oct 18, 2026. Arena ratings from the Oct 13, 2026 text leaderboard, with style control.
How Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash compares
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash ranks #22 of 439 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #20 of 198 for coding, #11 of 181 for agentic tasks. Its 1M-token context window is larger than 95% of the models we list. At $0.05 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 73% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.05 | $0.000048 |
| Output | $0.20 | $0.000200 |
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Talk to our teamAbout Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash
GLM-5.3-Flash is a native multimodal model from Z.ai. It is suited for efficient coding and long-horizon agent tasks. Its hybrid sparse and linear attention architecture maintains accurate long-context behavior while..
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Frequently asked questions about Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash
How much does Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash cost?
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash costs $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash?
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash has a context window of 1,048,576 tokens (1M).
Is Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash ranks #20 of 198 models, placing it in the top quartile of the field for code generation and debugging.
What can Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash do?
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.
Who created Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash?
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 Flash is developed by Z.ai and was released on August 26, 2026.