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GLM-5.3-Flash

Z.ai · Released Aug 26, 2026 · Open weights
Latest GLM-5.3-Flash

Native multimodal GLM model for efficient coding and long-horizon agent tasks

Strongest at
Science
Top 33% of the past year's models · one benchmark so far
Price per 1M tokens
$0.15 / $0.5
input / output · Zai
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1M
tokens in · 131.1K out
Since the last one
219 days
after GLM-4.7-Flash
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Capability profile

Scored against 91 models released in the past year. 50 is the average model; further out is better.

This modelGLM-4.7-FlashMedian of the past year
5090Median of the past yearCoding: 54 · Better than 42%Writing: 15 · Better than 0%Reading & documents: 50 · Better than 43%Reasoning: 48 · Better than 26%Math: 47 · Better than 15%Science: 67 · Top 33%Visual reasoning: 41 · Better than 22%Computer use: 68 · Top 44%GLM-4.7-Flash: 43GLM-4.7-Flash: 52GLM-4.7-Flash: 48CodingWritingReadingReasoningMathScienceVisionComputer use
Coding54Better than 42%
Writing15−28.0Better than 0% · 1 test
Reading & documents50Better than 43%
Reasoning48Better than 26%
Math47−4.5Better than 15%
Science67+19.0Top 33% · 1 test
Visual reasoning41Better than 22%
Computer use68Top 44%
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 dot rests on a single benchmark.

Price against capability

The shaded corner holds anything better and cheaper. Prices blend input and output 3 to 1.

1 model from the past year scores higher on Science for less: GPT-6 Luna.

$0.1$0.3$1$3$10$30406080100GPT-6.1 Terra: 69, $2 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 69, $0.26 per 1MMuse Spark Open: 66, $2 per 1MClaude Haiku 5.5: 65, $0.2 per 1MMistral Large 4: 65, $2.06 per 1MGemini 4 Argon: 71, $4 per 1MGPT-6.1 Sol: 70, $4 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5.5: 76, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Sol: 69, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Luna: 67, $0.2 per 1MClaude Opus 5.5: 108, $8 per 1MGrok 4.7: 61, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 62, $0.21 per 1MGPT-6 Astra: 101, $20 per 1MGemini 3.8 Flash: 70, $1.5 per 1MClaude Fable 5.1: 90, $20 per 1MGLM-5.3: 60, $2.15 per 1MGemini 3.7 Flash: 54, $1.5 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: 66, $0.99 per 1MQwen3.8 2.4T A95B: 70, $3 per 1MGrok 4.6: 58, $3 per 1MMuse Spark 1.2: 60, $2 per 1MQwen3.8 Max: 68, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731: 64, $0.15 per 1MClaude Opus 5: 79, $10 per 1MGemini 3.6 Flash: 63, $1.5 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53, $0.85 per 1MKimi K3: 62, $6 per 1MQwen3.7 Flash: 62, $0.055 per 1MGPT-5.6 Terra: 61, $4.5 per 1MGPT-5.6 Sol: 73, $8 per 1MGPT-5.6 Luna: 54, $0.45 per 1MGrok 4.5: 59, $3 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5: 66, $4 per 1MGLM-5.2: 67, $2.15 per 1MKimi K2.7 Code: 60, $1.71 per 1MClaude Fable 5: 71, $20 per 1MQwen3.7 Plus: 65, $0.7 per 1MClaude Opus 4.8: 63, $10 per 1MQwen3.7 Max: 67, $3.75 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 65, $3.38 per 1MGPT-5.5 Instant: 62, $11.2 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro: 51, $1.19 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash: 49, $0.11 per 1MGPT-5.5 Pro: 69, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.5: 73, $11.2 per 1MQwen3.6 27B: 64, $1.35 per 1MKimi K2.6: 62, $1.71 per 1MGrok 4.3: 52, $1.56 per 1MClaude Opus 4.7: 70, $10 per 1MQwen3.6 35B-A3B: 52, $0.84 per 1MGLM-5.1: 62, $2.15 per 1MGemma 4 31B IT: 57, $0.25 per 1MGPT-5.4 nano: 56, $0.46 per 1MGPT-5.4 mini: 62, $1.69 per 1MNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B: 44, $0.82 per 1MGPT-5.4 Pro: 75, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.4: 71, $5.62 per 1MGemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview: 54, $0.56 per 1MGemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 50, $0.56 per 1MQwen3.5 Flash: 62, $0.18 per 1MQwen3.5 9B: 59, $0.19 per 1MQwen3.5 35B-A3B: 62, $0.69 per 1MQwen3.5 27B: 45, $0.82 per 1MGemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 73, $4.5 per 1MClaude Sonnet 4.6: 63, $6 per 1MQwen3.5 Plus: 63, $0.9 per 1MQwen3.5 397B-A17B: 64, $1.35 per 1MGLM-5: 58, $1.55 per 1MGPT-5.3 Codex: 72, $4.81 per 1MClaude Opus 4.6: 69, $10 per 1MQwen3 Coder Next: 42, $0.29 per 1MKimi K2.5: 53, $1 per 1MGLM-4.7: 62, $1 per 1MGemini 3 Flash Preview: 63, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.2: 66, $4.81 per 1MDeepSeek V3.2: 62, $0.32 per 1MClaude Opus 4.5: 60, $10 per 1MGPT-5.1: 61, $3.44 per 1MKimi K2 Thinking: 47, $1.07 per 1MGLM-5.3-Flash: 67, $0.24 per 1MGLM-5.3-FlashPrice per 1M tokens →↑ Science$0.1$1$10406080100GPT-6.1 Terra: 69, $2 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 69, $0.26 per 1MMuse Spark Open: 66, $2 per 1MClaude Haiku 5.5: 65, $0.2 per 1MMistral Large 4: 65, $2.06 per 1MGemini 4 Argon: 71, $4 per 1MGPT-6.1 Sol: 70, $4 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5.5: 76, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Sol: 69, $4 per 1MGPT-6 Luna: 67, $0.2 per 1MClaude Opus 5.5: 108, $8 per 1MGrok 4.7: 61, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 62, $0.21 per 1MGPT-6 Astra: 101, $20 per 1MGemini 3.8 Flash: 70, $1.5 per 1MClaude Fable 5.1: 90, $20 per 1MGLM-5.3: 60, $2.15 per 1MGemini 3.7 Flash: 54, $1.5 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813: 66, $0.99 per 1MQwen3.8 2.4T A95B: 70, $3 per 1MGrok 4.6: 58, $3 per 1MMuse Spark 1.2: 60, $2 per 1MQwen3.8 Max: 68, $3 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash 0731: 64, $0.15 per 1MClaude Opus 5: 79, $10 per 1MGemini 3.6 Flash: 63, $1.5 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53, $0.85 per 1MKimi K3: 62, $6 per 1MQwen3.7 Flash: 62, $0.055 per 1MGPT-5.6 Terra: 61, $4.5 per 1MGPT-5.6 Sol: 73, $8 per 1MGPT-5.6 Luna: 54, $0.45 per 1MGrok 4.5: 59, $3 per 1MClaude Sonnet 5: 66, $4 per 1MGLM-5.2: 67, $2.15 per 1MKimi K2.7 Code: 60, $1.71 per 1MClaude Fable 5: 71, $20 per 1MQwen3.7 Plus: 65, $0.7 per 1MClaude Opus 4.8: 63, $10 per 1MQwen3.7 Max: 67, $3.75 per 1MGemini 3.5 Flash: 65, $3.38 per 1MGPT-5.5 Instant: 62, $11.2 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Pro: 51, $1.19 per 1MDeepSeek V4 Flash: 49, $0.11 per 1MGPT-5.5 Pro: 69, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.5: 73, $11.2 per 1MQwen3.6 27B: 64, $1.35 per 1MKimi K2.6: 62, $1.71 per 1MGrok 4.3: 52, $1.56 per 1MClaude Opus 4.7: 70, $10 per 1MQwen3.6 35B-A3B: 52, $0.84 per 1MGLM-5.1: 62, $2.15 per 1MGemma 4 31B IT: 57, $0.25 per 1MGPT-5.4 nano: 56, $0.46 per 1MGPT-5.4 mini: 62, $1.69 per 1MNemotron 3 Super 120B A12B: 44, $0.82 per 1MGPT-5.4 Pro: 75, $67.5 per 1MGPT-5.4: 71, $5.62 per 1MGemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview: 54, $0.56 per 1MGemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 50, $0.56 per 1MQwen3.5 Flash: 62, $0.18 per 1MQwen3.5 9B: 59, $0.19 per 1MQwen3.5 35B-A3B: 62, $0.69 per 1MQwen3.5 27B: 45, $0.82 per 1MGemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 73, $4.5 per 1MClaude Sonnet 4.6: 63, $6 per 1MQwen3.5 Plus: 63, $0.9 per 1MQwen3.5 397B-A17B: 64, $1.35 per 1MGLM-5: 58, $1.55 per 1MGPT-5.3 Codex: 72, $4.81 per 1MClaude Opus 4.6: 69, $10 per 1MQwen3 Coder Next: 42, $0.29 per 1MKimi K2.5: 53, $1 per 1MGLM-4.7: 62, $1 per 1MGemini 3 Flash Preview: 63, $1.12 per 1MGPT-5.2: 66, $4.81 per 1MDeepSeek V3.2: 62, $0.32 per 1MClaude Opus 4.5: 60, $10 per 1MGPT-5.1: 61, $3.44 per 1MKimi K2 Thinking: 47, $1.07 per 1MGLM-5.3-Flash: 67, $0.24 per 1MGLM-5.3-FlashPrice per 1M tokens →↑ Science

OpenRouter $0.15 / $0.5 · Zai $0.15 / $0.5 · Cached input $0.03

Since GLM-4.7-Flash

4 releases in the GLM-5.3-Flash line.

GLM-4.5-FlashJul 28, 2025133dGLM-4.6V-FlashDec 8, 202542dGLM-4.7-FlashJan 19, 2026219dGLM-5.3-FlashAug 26, 2026
Released219 days later
Price in / out$0.15 / $0.5same price
Context1M5.0×
Writing15−28.0
Math47−4.5
Science67+19.0
ECI STANDING#47 of 270
SCORE153.08150.76–155.53 CI
FRONTIER LAGLaunched 8.3 months behindScores about what GPT-5.2 Pro did in December 2025.
SCORES LIKE THESE MODELSQwen3.7-MaxAlibaba · May 2026154.04GPT-5.2OpenAI · Dec 2025153.66
Gemini 3 ProGoogle DeepMind · Nov 2025153.07
Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic · Feb 2026152.79
Full Epoch Capabilities Index ranking ↗

Epoch benchmark boards

Best result on each board it has run. The tick marks the leader.

GPQA diamond
90%#42 of 234
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025
94%#48 of 216
ARC-AGI-2
66%#25 of 103
ARC-AGI
91%#26 of 107
APEX-Agents
53%#23 of 51
FrontierMath-Tiers-1-3-v2-Private
56%#48 of 90
Surface Evolver Bench
52%#15 of 26
ProofBench
21%#50 of 81
5 more boards
Chess Puzzles
21%#61 of 93
FrontierCode
32%#31 of 46
FrontierMath-Tier-4-v2-Private
17%#53 of 72
FrontierSWE
18%#17 of 21
Mystery Game Puzzles
8%#77 of 88

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 ↗

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Specifications

RELEASE DATEAug 26, 2026
WEIGHTSOpen weights
CONTEXT WINDOW1M
MAX OUTPUT131.1K
REASONINGNot listed
TOOL CALLINGNot listed
INPUTStext, image/jpeg, image/png, video/mp4, video/x-matroska, video/quicktime, application/pdf
OUTPUTStext

Models.dev record ↗

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.