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Z.ai · GLM-5

GLM-5

Open weightsSupersededMIT

Original GLM-5 open MoE (744B/40B, 200K context), now two generations behind GLM-5.3.

AA Intelligence
28#42 of 142
Input / output per 1M
$1.00/ $3.20
Output speed
74tok/s
Context window
200K tokens

Composite indexes

  • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index#42 of 142
    28independentv4.3.2, reasoning (AA-estimated)Artificial Analysis: GLM-5 (Reasoning) ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 58

Agents and tool use

  • τ²-Bench#4 of 88
    98.2%independenttelecom, reasoning, AA-runArtificial Analysis: GLM-5 (Reasoning) ↗

    Leader: GLM-5.2 at 99.1%

Reasoning and knowledge

  • GPQA Diamond#67 of 142
    82%independentreasoning, AA-runArtificial Analysis: GLM-5 (Reasoning) ↗

    Leader: GPT-6 Astra at 96.1%

  • Humanity’s Last Exam#57 of 147
    29.3%independentreasoning, no tools, AA-runArtificial Analysis: GLM-5 (Reasoning) ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 61.4%

  • CritPt#63 of 139
    2%independentreasoning, AA-runArtificial Analysis: GLM-5 (Reasoning) ↗

    Leader: GPT-5.6 Sol at 32.3%

Vision and long context

  • AA Long Context Reasoning#57 of 139
    75.7%independentreasoning, AA-LCRArtificial Analysis: GLM-5 (Reasoning) ↗

    Leader: Kimi K3 at 88.7%

Human preference

  • LMArena Text#27 of 54
    1458independentarena entry "glm-5", 27,605 votes, checked 2026-09-25Arena (LMArena) text leaderboard ↗

    Leader: Claude Fable 5 at 1506

  • LMArena WebDev#45 of 54
    1436independentarena entry "glm-5", 7,058 votes, checked 2026-09-25Arena (LMArena) WebDev/Code leaderboard ↗

    Leader: Claude Opus 5.5 at 1818

Other published results

ResultScoreReported bySource
IFBench (AA) · reasoning72.3%independentArtificial Analysis: GLM-5 (Reasoning) ↗
Terminal-Bench Hard (AA) · reasoning43.2%independentArtificial Analysis: GLM-5 (Reasoning) ↗

Specs

Released
February 11, 2026
Parameters
744B total, 40B active
Size class
500B to 1T
Input
text
Output
text
Context
200K tokens
Max output
Not published
Cached input
$0.20 / 1M
Blended 70/30
$1.66 / 1M
First token
1.48s
  • Price: Z.ai pricing ↗ Still listed.
  • Speed: Artificial Analysis: GLM-5 (Reasoning) ↗

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