zai-orgReleased Aug 26, 2026

GLM-5.3-Flash

GLM-5.3-Flash is a native multimodal model from Z.ai. It is suited for efficient coding and long-horizon agent tasks. Its hybrid sparse and linear attention architecture maintains accurate long-context behavior while reducing compute overhead.

Context window1M
Max output943.7K
Provider endpoints46
Benchmark results19
Agent runs1
Measured performance

Benchmark results

All leaderboards ↗
1,642.18

Effort: max

Independent result
SciCode ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection
51.62%AA · Under review

Effort: max

Independent result
GDP.pdf ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection
15.4%

Effort: max

Independent result
CritPt ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection
15.43%AA · Under review

Effort: max

Independent result
AA-Omniscience ↗AA Index 4.3.2 collection
7.47

Effort: max

Independent result
80%

Effort: max

Independent result
LiveBench Overall ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02)
70.61%

Effort: max · single run · equal mean of 7 suites

Independent result
LiveBench Design ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02)
77.2%

Effort: max · single run

Independent result
LiveBench Research ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02)
70.1%

Effort: max · single run

Independent result
LiveBench Browser Use ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02)
84%

Effort: max · single run

Independent result
LiveBench Coding ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02)
80.6%

Effort: max · single run

Independent result
LiveBench Agentic ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02)
28.4%

Effort: max · single run

Independent result
LiveBench Reasoning ↗2.0 · 2026-10-14 (dataset 2026-09-02)
77.6%

Effort: max · single run

Independent result
Provider measurements

Speed

1 configuration
≈10K input tokens1 requestmedian / 72h

Artificial Analysis · first-party providers · serving endpoint not reported

Z AI

GLM-5.3-Flash

Reasoning max

Output rate
70.8312 tok/s
Time to first chunk
2.77334 s
Last checked Source ↗
Methodology 2.2.0 & measurement details

First chunk includes request processing and network time, and may include reasoning.

Prompt
long · ≈10,000 input tokens
Parallel requests
1
Minimum answer
1,500 tokens
Aggregation
median over 72 hours
Token counting
o200k_base
Benchmark client
Google Cloud us-central1-a
Serving endpoint
Not reported
Serving region
Not reported
Sample size
Not reported
Window end
Not reported
Model + harness

Agent runs

All agent results ↗

Terminal-Bench 4.0

claude-code2.1.285

Reasoning effort none

Tested model identityGLM-5.3-Flashz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
Pass rate35.76%

95% CI 32.22%–39.3%

n = 330
Checked
Access & cost

Prices across providers

47 quotes

Your token mix

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Decart · via OpenRouterdecart/fp4 · quantization=fp4
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Novita · via OpenRouternovita/fp8 · quantization=fp8
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Morph · via OpenRoutermorph/fp8 · quantization=fp8
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GMICloud · via OpenRoutergmicloud/fp8 · quantization=fp8
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Inceptron · via OpenRouterinceptron/fp8 · quantization=fp8
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InferenceNet · via OpenRouterinference-net/fp4 · quantization=fp4
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Wafer · via OpenRouterwafer/nvfp4 · quantization=nvfp4
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Phala · via OpenRouterphala/nvfp4 · quantization=nvfp4
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Modal · via OpenRoutermodal/nvfp4 · quantization=nvfp4
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BaseTen · via OpenRouterbaseten/fp8/us · quantization=fp8
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Crusoe · via OpenRoutercrusoe/fp4 · quantization=fp4
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AtlasCloud · via OpenRouteratlas-cloud/fp8 · quantization=fp8
$0.275
SiliconFlow · via OpenRoutersiliconflow/fp8 · quantization=fp8
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Parasail · via OpenRouterparasail/fp4 · quantization=fp4
$0.275
BaseTen · via OpenRouterbaseten/fp8 · quantization=fp8
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Z.AI · via OpenRouterz-ai/fp8 · quantization=fp8
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Parasail · via OpenRouterparasail/fast · tier=priority · quantization=fp4
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NextBit · via OpenRouternextbit/fp4 · quantization=fp4
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OpenRouter

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Endpoint IDz-ai/glm-5.3-flash

novita

via Hugging Face
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together

via Hugging Face
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zai-org

via Hugging Face
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baseten

via Hugging Face
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deepinfra

via Hugging Face
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Experiential

Standard list rate

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Together AI

Serverless · quantization=FP4

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Organization: Z.ai

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Fireworks AI

Standard · service_tier=default

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Fireworks AI

Standard · service_tier=priority

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Endpoint IDaccounts/fireworks/models/glm-5p3-flash

Reka

via OpenRouter

reka

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StreamLake

via OpenRouter

streamlake/fp8 · quantization=fp8

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Source discount 50%; rates as published

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Endpoint IDz-ai/glm-5.3-flash::streamlake/fp8

DeepInfra

via OpenRouter

deepinfra/fp4 · quantization=fp4

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Source discount 50%; rates as published

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OpenInference

via OpenRouter

open-inference/fp4 · quantization=fp4

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$0.0075
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Endpoint IDz-ai/glm-5.3-flash::open-inference/fp4

Relace

via OpenRouter

relace

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Sail Research

via OpenRouter

sail-research/us · quantization=fp4

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Sail Research

via OpenRouter

sail-research/fp4 · quantization=fp4

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Near AI

via OpenRouter

near-ai/fp8 · quantization=fp8

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$0.50
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Endpoint IDz-ai/glm-5.3-flash::near-ai/fp8

Decart

via OpenRouter

decart/fp4 · quantization=fp4

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$0.0825
Output
$0.275
Cached input
$0.0165
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Source discount 45%; rates as published

1M context943.7K max outputPrice source ↗Checked Oct 17, 2026
Endpoint IDz-ai/glm-5.3-flash::decart/fp4

Novita

via OpenRouter

novita/fp8 · quantization=fp8

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$0.084
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$0.28
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Source discount 44%; rates as published

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Morph

via OpenRouter

morph/fp8 · quantization=fp8

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$0.65
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Endpoint IDz-ai/glm-5.3-flash::morph/fp8

GMICloud

via OpenRouter

gmicloud/fp8 · quantization=fp8

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$0.30
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$0.018
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Source discount 40%; rates as published

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Endpoint IDz-ai/glm-5.3-flash::gmicloud/fp8

Inceptron

via OpenRouter

inceptron/fp8 · quantization=fp8

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InferenceNet

via OpenRouter

inference-net/fp4 · quantization=fp4

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Endpoint IDz-ai/glm-5.3-flash::inference-net/fp4

Wafer

via OpenRouter

wafer/nvfp4 · quantization=nvfp4

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Endpoint IDz-ai/glm-5.3-flash::wafer/nvfp4

Phala

via OpenRouter

phala/nvfp4 · quantization=nvfp4

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$0.1275
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$0.425
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Source discount 15%; rates as published

1M context131.1K max outputPrice source ↗Checked Oct 17, 2026
Endpoint IDz-ai/glm-5.3-flash::phala/nvfp4

DigitalOcean

via OpenRouter

digitalocean

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Makora

via OpenRouter

makora

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Modal

via OpenRouter

modal/nvfp4 · quantization=nvfp4

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BaseTen

via OpenRouter

baseten/fp8/us · quantization=fp8

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Crusoe

via OpenRouter

crusoe/fp4 · quantization=fp4

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$0.50
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CoreWeave

via OpenRouter

coreweave/nvfp4 · quantization=nvfp4

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Endpoint IDz-ai/glm-5.3-flash::coreweave/nvfp4

AtlasCloud

via OpenRouter

atlas-cloud/fp8 · quantization=fp8

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Endpoint IDz-ai/glm-5.3-flash::atlas-cloud/fp8

Fireworks

via OpenRouter

fireworks

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Friendli

via OpenRouter

friendli

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SiliconFlow

via OpenRouter

siliconflow/fp8 · quantization=fp8

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Together

via OpenRouter

together

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1M context943.7K max outputPrice source ↗Checked Oct 17, 2026
Endpoint IDz-ai/glm-5.3-flash::together

Parasail

via OpenRouter

parasail/fp4 · quantization=fp4

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$0.15
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$0.03
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1M context943.7K max outputPrice source ↗Checked Oct 17, 2026
Endpoint IDz-ai/glm-5.3-flash::parasail/fp4

BaseTen

via OpenRouter

baseten/fp8 · quantization=fp8

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$0.15
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$0.50
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Venice

via OpenRouter

venice

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Z.AI

via OpenRouter

z-ai/fp8 · quantization=fp8

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Endpoint IDz-ai/glm-5.3-flash::z-ai/fp8

Parasail

via OpenRouter

parasail/fast · tier=priority · quantization=fp4

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$0.0375
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1M context943.7K max outputPrice source ↗Checked Oct 17, 2026
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Fireworks

via OpenRouter

fireworks/us

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1M context943.7K max outputPrice source ↗Checked Oct 17, 2026
Endpoint IDz-ai/glm-5.3-flash::fireworks/us

NextBit

via OpenRouter

nextbit/fp4 · quantization=fp4

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$0.25
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$0.70
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$0.075
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1M context128K max outputPrice source ↗Checked Oct 17, 2026
Endpoint IDz-ai/glm-5.3-flash::nextbit/fp4

Offers for this model

1 offer

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2.5% off · Experiential Pro model discounts

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Model specifications

Developer
zai-org
Modality
Language
Context
1,048,576 tokens
Maximum output
943,717 tokens
Weights
Open weights
Released
Aug 26, 2026
Provider listed
Aug 25, 2026
First discovered
Oct 16, 2026

Exact identities

  • openrouterz-ai/glm-5.3-flash
  • huggingfacezai-org/GLM-5.3-Flash
  • deepinfrazai-org/GLM-5.3-Flash
  • experientialglm-5.3-flash
  • artificial-analysis19496b81-9f41-4214-a77a-1df803b3c5ae
  • livebenchglm-5.3-flash

Sources

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