GLM-5.3

Name: GLM-5.3
Author: Z.AI (Zhipu)

mit

GLM-5.3 is Z.ai's latest flagship model, delivering comprehensive advancements in complex software engineering and agent capabilities. It uses the same base model as GLM-5.2, with all improvements driven by post-training. Compared with GLM-5.2, it delivers significantly stronger performance in complex programming and long-horizon tasks:

Context

128K

Max output

128K

Input price

$1.4/1M tokens

Output price

$4.4/1M tokens

Capabilities

vision

tool call

structured output

reasoning

json mode

streaming

fine tuning

batch

Details

ProviderZ.AI (Zhipu)

Creatorzai

Familyglm-5.3

Licensemit

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Typechat

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Open weightYes

Prompt cachingSupported

Sourceofficial

Last updated2026-08-30

Tools

Function Callingfunction_calling

Call external functions and APIs

Pricing

Input

$1.4

Output

$4.4

Cache write

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Cache read

$0.26

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Price across providers

Provider	Input	Output	Since launch
OpenCode Zencheapest	$1.4	$4.4	—
Z.AI (Zhipu)cheapest	$1.4	$4.4	—

Family Comparison: glm-5.3

Model	Caps	Perf	Speed	Context	Max out	Pricing
GLM-5.3-FLASH	RVTS	—	—	128K	128K	$0.15$0.5
GLM-5.3	RVTS	—	—	128K	128K	$1.4$4.4

API

GET/v1/models/zai/glm-5.3