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GLM-5 is a next-generation open-source foundation model from Z.ai designed to push the boundaries of agentic engineering and complex task execution. Compared to earlier versions, it significantly expands parameter count and training data, while introducing DeepSeek Sparse Attention to optimize inference efficiency. The model leverages a novel asynchronous reinforcement learning framework called slime, which enhances training throughput and enables more effective post-training alignment. GLM-5 delivers leading performance among open-source models in reasoning, coding, and general agent benchmarks, with strong results on SWE-bench, BrowseComp, and Vending Bench 2. Its ability to manage long-horizon simulations highlights advanced planning, resource allocation, and operational decision-making skills. Beyond benchmark performance, GLM-5 supports real-world productivity by generating fully formatted documents such as .docx, .pdf, and .xlsx files. It integrates with coding agents like Claude Code and OpenClaw, enabling cross-application automation and collaborative agent workflows. Developers can access GLM-5 via Z.ai’s API, deploy it locally with frameworks like vLLM or SGLang, or use it through an interactive GUI environment. The model is released under the MIT License, encouraging broad experimentation and adoption. Overall, GLM-5 represents a major step toward practical, work-oriented AI systems that move beyond chat into full task execution.

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GLM-5.3-Flash is a multimodal foundation model from Z.ai built for high-efficiency reasoning, coding, agents, and visual understanding. The model contains 320 billion parameters in total but activates only 18 billion parameters during inference, helping reduce compute requirements. Its architecture combines linear attention with sparse attention so it can efficiently handle both local dependencies and relevant information spread across very long contexts. Z.ai also introduced IndexPool to reduce the memory and latency overhead associated with long-context retrieval at context lengths reaching one million tokens. The model was pretrained on a 30-trillion-token multimodal dataset that incorporates both textual and visual information. GLM-5.3-Flash is designed for software engineering tasks, autonomous workflows, frontend development, computer use, document analysis, and other professional workloads that benefit from visual reasoning. Its visual coding capabilities allow it to inspect rendered interfaces, identify layout or interaction problems, and use those observations to revise its work. Benchmark results published by Z.ai show that it improves substantially over GLM-5.2 on multiple coding and agentic tests while remaining competitive with more expensive frontier models. GLM-5.3-Flash can be accessed through Z.ai services and is also available as downloadable model weights for deployment through supported open inference frameworks.

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API Access

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Integrations

Cheaper Inference
Claude Code
GLM Coding Plan
OpenClaw
OpenRouter
Cherry Studio
DeepSeek Harness
Dessix
GLM-5-Turbo
Hermes Agent
Kilo Code
Ollama
OpenCode Go
OpenCode Zen
Oxlo.ai
Pi Agent
Sup AI
Yonoo
Z.ai
Zo Computer

Integrations

Cheaper Inference
Claude Code
GLM Coding Plan
OpenClaw
OpenRouter
Cherry Studio
DeepSeek Harness
Dessix
GLM-5-Turbo
Hermes Agent
Kilo Code
Ollama
OpenCode Go
OpenCode Zen
Oxlo.ai
Pi Agent
Sup AI
Yonoo
Z.ai
Zo Computer

Pricing Details

Free
Open source
Free Trial
Free Version

Pricing Details

$0.15 per 1M tokens (input)
Input: $0.15 per 1M tokens
Output: $0.50 per 1M tokens
Cached input: $0.03 per 1M tokens
Free Trial
Free Version

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Android App
Windows
Mac
Linux
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Deployment

Web-Based
On-Premises
iPhone App
iPad App
Android App
Windows
Mac
Linux
Chromebook

Customer Support

Business Hours
Live Rep (24/7)
Online Support

Customer Support

Business Hours
Live Rep (24/7)
Online Support

Types of Training

Training Docs
Webinars
Live Training (Online)
In Person

Types of Training

Training Docs
Webinars
Live Training (Online)
In Person

Vendor Details

Company Name

Z.ai

Founded

2023

Country

China

Website

z.ai/

Vendor Details

Company Name

Z.ai

Founded

2019

Country

China

Website

z.ai

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