GLM-4.5
Hybrid-reasoning GLM release that made the 4.5 line broadly useful
- Strongest at
- Writing Better than 40% of the past year's models · 2 of 4 benchmarks
- Price per 1M tokens
- $0.6 / $2.2 input / output · Zai
- Context window
- 131.1K tokens in · 98.3K out
Capability profile
Where it lands among 91 models released in the past year. 50 is the average model.
Where these scores come from
Each capability combines the published benchmarks listed here, rescaled so 50 is the reference average and 15 points is one standard deviation. A hollow marker rests on a single benchmark.
- Writing EQ-Bench Creative Writing v3, EQ-Bench Longform Writing
- Science HLE, WeirdML v2
Price against capability
The shaded corner holds anything better and cheaper. Prices blend input and output 3 to 1.
6 models from the past year score higher on Writing for less: Muse Glimmer 30B, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and 3 more.
24 models from the past year score higher on Science for less: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, GPT-6 Luna, GLM-5.3-Flash and 21 more.
OpenRouter $0.6 / $2.2 · Zai $0.6 / $2.2 · Cached input $0.11
The GLM-5.3 line
9 releases in the GLM-5.3 line.
A newer release is out: GLM-5.3.
Z.ai's past year
12 release days in the past year, about one every 30 days. The next is expected around Nov 21, 2026. Forecasts ↗
Specifications
Specifications and prices from Models.dev; availability and limits may differ by provider. Benchmarks from Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0), LiveBench and the other sources named above.