Ordinal

Which model is worth using

1 Oct 2026

Z.ai

GLM-5.3

Z.ai's large open model. Near Qwen3.8 Max on the index, with a lower measured task cost.

Open weights
45Index · Max
$2.01Per measured task
22.4 pts/$Points / $
68Tokens / sec

No High score is published. Showing Max.

Every published effort

SettingIndexPer taskTokens / sec
Max45$2.0168
Low34$0.8569

What this workload costs

List price for one call. Reasoning tokens count as output. A cache hit uses the lab’s cache rate when one is published.

GLM-5.3
No cache price
$0.0596

Specs

API id
Not published here
Released
Sep 2026
Context
1M
Max output
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Input / 1M
$1.40
Output / 1M
$4.40
Cache read / 1M
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Knowledge
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Inputs
Text
Weights
GLM-5.3 license, not MIT. Read it before you embed the weights.

Vendor list price as compiled on 23 Sep 2026. A yuan-denominated bill can print a slightly different USD figure.

Vision is confirmed below for the Flash model, not for this one, in the sources used here.

Use it when

Open-weight long-horizon coding when you want the larger GLM. Index 45 at max, $2.01 per measured task.

Leave it when

If MiMo-V2.6-Pro's license fits the product. It scores a point higher on this index and costs much less per measured task.

Sources