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GLM 5.2 (free) vs GLM 5.3

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Open flagship GLM for long-horizon coding agents and million-token context work.

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GLM 5.3

GLM-5.3 is a large-scale reasoning model from Z.ai, built for complex software engineering and long-horizon agent tasks.

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GLM 5.2 (free) vs GLM 5.3, compared on checked facts
MeasureGLM 5.2 (free)GLM 5.3
Price on ambient$0.150 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Price on ambient$0.600 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Price on ambient$2.00 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Price on atlas-cloud$0.174 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$0.260 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on atlas-cloud$0.938 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$1.40 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on atlas-cloud$2.95 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$4.40 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on baidu$0.260 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$0.260 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on baidu$1.40 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$1.40 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on baidu$4.40 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$4.40 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on baseten$0.140 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$0.140 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on baseten$1.40 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$1.40 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on baseten$4.40 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$4.40 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on cloudflare$0.190 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$0.130 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on cloudflare$0.190 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$0.700 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on cloudflare$8.00 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$2.20 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on coreweave$0.140 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$0.190 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on coreweave$0.620 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$0.750 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on coreweave$2.42 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$3.00 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on decart$0.480 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$0.100 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on decart$1.20 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$0.560 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on decart$8.00 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$1.78 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on deepinfra$0.084 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$0.125 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on deepinfra$0.450 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$0.563 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on deepinfra$1.44 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$2.50 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on digitalocean$0.105 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$0.169 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on digitalocean$0.700 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$0.910 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on digitalocean$2.20 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$2.86 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on friendli$0.260 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$0.234 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on friendli$1.40 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$1.26 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on friendli$4.40 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$3.96 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on gmicloud$0.260 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$0.130 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on gmicloud$1.40 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$0.700 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on gmicloud$4.40 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$2.20 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on inceptron$0.190 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$0.140 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on inceptron$1.40 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$1.00 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on inceptron$4.40 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API$4.90 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on mistralai$0.140 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Price on mistralai$1.40 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Price on mistralai$4.40 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Price on morph$0.250 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Price on morph$0.740 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Price on morph$3.00 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Price on nebius$0.140 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Price on nebius$1.40 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Price on nebius$4.40 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Price on novita$0.121 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Price on novita$0.650 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Price on novita$2.04 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Price on parasail$0.260 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Price on parasail$1.40 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Input priceNot checked yet$0.070 per million tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Output priceNot checked yet$1.40 per million tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on akashmlNot checked yet$0.190 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on akashmlNot checked yet$0.190 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on akashmlNot checked yet$4.40 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on amazon-bedrockNot checked yet$0.312 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on amazon-bedrockNot checked yet$1.68 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on amazon-bedrockNot checked yet$5.28 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on crusoeNot checked yet$0.260 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on crusoeNot checked yet$1.40 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on crusoeNot checked yet$4.40 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on dekallmNot checked yet$0.150 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on dekallmNot checked yet$0.180 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on dekallmNot checked yet$2.95 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on fireworksNot checked yet$0.182 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on fireworksNot checked yet$0.980 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on fireworksNot checked yet$3.08 per million output tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on inference-netNot checked yet$0.076 per million cached input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Price on inference-netNot checked yet$0.080 per million input tokensChecked OpenRouter models API
Latest versionz-ai/glm-5.2-20260616Checked OpenRouter models APIz-ai/glm-5.3-20260816Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms)1,150Checked Artificial Analysis1,690Checked Artificial Analysis
Time to first token (ms) on ambient1,939Checked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Time to first token (ms) on atlas-cloud956Checked OpenRouter models API3,222Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on baidu795Checked OpenRouter models API1,171Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on baseten1,483Checked OpenRouter models API2,043Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on cloudflare613Checked OpenRouter models API1,792Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on coreweave455Checked OpenRouter models API448Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on decart1,204Checked OpenRouter models API670Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on deepinfra2,888Checked OpenRouter models API2,840Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on digitalocean731Checked OpenRouter models API958Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on friendli347Checked OpenRouter models API352Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on gmicloud2,544Checked OpenRouter models API1,733Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on inceptron316Checked OpenRouter models API910Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on mistralai1,124Checked OpenRouter models API889Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on morph711Checked OpenRouter models API1,164Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on nebius990Checked OpenRouter models API581Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on novita3,255Checked OpenRouter models API2,198Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on parasail1,127Checked OpenRouter models API836Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on phala2,618Checked OpenRouter models API3,530Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on qwen889Checked OpenRouter models API2,034Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on relace750Checked OpenRouter models API1,166Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on siliconflow1,186Checked OpenRouter models API2,233Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on streamlake1,943Checked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Time to first token (ms) on together4,945Checked OpenRouter models API510Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on venice2,023Checked OpenRouter models API831Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on wafer343Checked OpenRouter models API424Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on z-ai1,365Checked OpenRouter models API1,487Checked OpenRouter models API
Output speed (tokens a second)191.2Checked Artificial Analysis73.7Checked Artificial Analysis
Output speed (tokens a second) on ambient83Checked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Output speed (tokens a second) on atlas-cloud52Checked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Output speed (tokens a second) on baidu82Checked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Output speed (tokens a second) on baseten80Checked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Output speed (tokens a second) on cloudflare90Checked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Output speed (tokens a second) on coreweave193Checked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Output speed (tokens a second) on decart277Checked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Output speed (tokens a second) on deepinfra33Checked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Output speed (tokens a second) on digitalocean74Checked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Output speed (tokens a second) on friendli94Checked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Output speed (tokens a second) on gmicloud28Checked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Output speed (tokens a second) on inceptron114Checked OpenRouter models APINot checked yet
Time to first token (ms) on akashmlNot checked yet1,645Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on amazon-bedrockNot checked yet1,173Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on crusoeNot checked yet386Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on dekallmNot checked yet1,171Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on fireworksNot checked yet643Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on inference-netNot checked yet459Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on io-netNot checked yet2,030Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on makoraNot checked yet1,120Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on modalNot checked yet434Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on modelrunNot checked yet502Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on prime-intellectNot checked yet550Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on rekaNot checked yet1,494Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on sail-researchNot checked yet958Checked OpenRouter models API
Time to first token (ms) on tenstorrentNot checked yet495Checked OpenRouter models API
Tokens served on OpenRouter in a dayNot checked yet417.5B (for 7 Nov 2026)Checked OpenRouter model activity (741 of 741 series)
Tool calls on OpenRouter in a dayNot checked yet3.8M (for 7 Nov 2026)Checked OpenRouter model activity (741 of 741 series)
Gpqa diamond91.9% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)90.9% (for 14 Aug 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)
Swe bench verified78.7% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)Not checked yet
Frontiermath tiers 1 3 v2 private59.2% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)68.8% (for 14 Aug 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)
Simpleqa verified34.2% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)41% (for 14 Aug 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)
Arc agi 222.8% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)Not checked yet
Apex agents45.2% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)56.6% (for 14 Aug 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)
Arc agi77% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)Not checked yet
Chess puzzles22% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)37% (for 14 Aug 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)
Dtbench93.6% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)87.7% (for 14 Aug 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)
Ebr bench9.5% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)Not checked yet
Frontiercode24.5% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)40.1% (for 14 Aug 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)
Frontiermath tier 4 v2 private29.3% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)29.3% (for 14 Aug 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)
Lmca45.8% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)55.5% (for 14 Aug 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)
Mystery game puzzles19% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)33% (for 14 Aug 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)
Posttrainbench31.7% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)Not checked yet
Proofbench35% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)49% (for 14 Aug 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)
Simplebench58.8% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)Not checked yet
Surface evolver bench55.6% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)Not checked yet
Weirdml70.1% (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)75.4% (for 14 Aug 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)
Otis mock aime 2024 202586.4% (saturated benchmark: the top models all score near the ceiling) (for 16 June 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)91.1% (saturated benchmark: the top models all score near the ceiling) (for 14 Aug 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexNot checked yet31.7Checked Artificial Analysis via OpenRouter
Artificial Analysis Coding IndexNot checked yet74.8Checked Artificial Analysis via OpenRouter
Artificial Analysis Agentic IndexNot checked yet53.1Checked Artificial Analysis via OpenRouter
LMArena text rating (Elo)Not checked yet1,476Checked LMArena (CC-BY-4.0), published 2026-11-06
LMArena web development rating (Elo)Not checked yet1,621Checked LMArena (CC-BY-4.0), published 2026-11-06
Design Arena rating (Elo)Not checked yet1,315Checked Design Arena via OpenRouter
FrontiersweNot checked yet30.2% (for 14 Aug 2026)Checked Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)

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