GLM-5 (Reasoning)
AI model by ZAI. Real-time pricing and benchmark data.
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Editorial Analysis
Profile. GLM-5 (Reasoning) is a budget-tier option from ZAI at $3.20/M output tokens. Despite the low price, it scores competitively on measurable benchmarks — making it a candidate for high-volume production workloads where unit cost dominates.
Latency. On latency, GLM-5 (Reasoning) reports 66 tok/s output speed and 1430ms time-to-first-token. Output speed is on the slower end; for real-time chat consider pairing with a streaming front-end or routing latency-sensitive requests to a faster model.
Cost model. For a workload of 1M input tokens + 100K output tokens, GLM-5 (Reasoning) costs $1.32 per million input-equivalent requests. Multiply by your monthly request volume to project the bill, and compare against the speed/correctness profile above to decide if the trade-off is worth it for your workload.
Editorial summary generated from public pricing and benchmark data (Artificial Analysis API). All numbers are sourced — see the Artificial Analysis methodology for benchmark definitions. Last refreshed 2026-09-06.
Compare with similar models
| Model | Input | Output | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|
GLM-5 (Reasoning)Current | $1.00 | $3.20 | 66 tok/s |
| Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Non-reasoning) | $0.40 | $3.20 | 144 tok/s |
| Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Reasoning) | $0.40 | $3.20 | 132 tok/s |
| Nova Pro | $0.80 | $3.20 | — |
| Apodex 1.1 | $0.30 | $3.00 | — |
| Qwen3.8 27B (Non-reasoning) | $0.50 | $3.00 | 48 tok/s |