Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo
Analysis Summary
Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo sits in the Professional tier on our leaderboard, ranked #49 of 556 published models on overall intelligence. At $1.20 input and $4.00 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a generous context window for extended reasoning and code review and supports tool use and function calling.
Editorial notes
Z.ai GLM 5 Turbo reaches an intelligence index of 46.8 with strong agentic performance and a near-perfect tau2 score, though pricing at $1.20 input per million tokens is moderate for its capability tier.
Assessed May 14, 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..
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Source: Artificial Analysis
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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 |
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