Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo
Analysis Summary
GLM 5 Turbo combines a respectable reasoning score with a high agentic index, indicating it can hold up across multi-step tool-calling tasks. It supports function calling directly, which is useful for teams building agents that need to interact reliably with external systems.
Without published coding benchmarks, its fit for engineering-heavy tasks is less certain, but the agentic and reasoning profile suggests it could serve customer support automation, workflow orchestration, or structured task completion reasonably well.
Pricing sits in the mid-to-upper range for its class, and adoption outside its home market is still developing, so businesses should pilot it carefully alongside more established agentic models before scaling deployment.
Assessed July 25, 2026
Editorial notes
GLM 5 Turbo from Z.ai delivers strong agentic performance and solid reasoning, with tool use support suited to automation workloads.
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DFO Verdict
GLM 5 Turbo from Z.ai delivers strong agentic performance and solid reasoning, with tool use support suited to automation workloads.
How Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo compares
Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo ranks #45 of 395 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #28 of 302 for agentic tasks. Its 203K-token context window is larger than 60% of the models we list. At $1.20 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 23% 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.
Strongest on technical. The pulled-in content corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.
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| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $1.20 | $0.001200 |
| Output | $4.00 | $0.004000 |
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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.
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Talk to our teamAbout Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo
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..
Frequently asked questions about Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo
How much does Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo cost?
Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo costs $1.20 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo?
Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo has a context window of 202,752 tokens (203K).
What can Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo do?
Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo supports tool use and function calling.
Who created Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo?
Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo is developed by Z.ai and was released on March 15, 2026.
