Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo
Z.ai's GLM 5 Turbo delivers impressive reasoning and agentic performance with strong instruction-following scores, though its higher pricing and limited Western business availability are factors to weigh for UK deployments.
Assessment date: April 4, 2026
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Performance Profile
GLM-5 Turbo is a new model from Z.ai designed for fast inference and strong performance in agent-driven environments such as OpenClaw scenarios. It is deeply optimized for real-world agent workflows..
Capabilities
Architecture
| Modality | Text → Text |
| Tokenizer | Other |
Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
Benchmark Scores
Intelligence
Technical
Content
Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
z-ai/glm-5-turbo
|
| Provider | z-ai |
| Release Date | March 15, 2026 |
| Context Length | 202,752 tokens |
| Max Completion | 131,072 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $1.20 | $0.001200 |
| Output | $4.00 | $0.004000 |
Live Performance
Live endpoint metrics — refreshed every 30 minutes.
