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| Attribute | GLM 5glm-5 | GLM 5.3glm-5.3 | GPT-6 Astragpt-6-astra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | |||
| Input | $0.60 / 1M | $1.40 / 1M | $10.00 / 1M |
| Output | $2.20 / 1M | $4.40 / 1M | $50.00 / 1M |
| Cache Write (5m) | $0.60 / 1M | $1.40 / 1M | $10.00 / 1M |
| Cache Write (1h) | $0.60 / 1M | $1.40 / 1M | $10.00 / 1M |
| Cache Read | $0.60 / 1M | $1.40 / 1M | $10.00 / 1M |
| Web Search | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M |
| Context | |||
| Max context | 202.8K | 1M | 1M |
| Max output | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Capabilities | |||
| Vision | Yes | No | Yes |
| Function Calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| JSON Mode | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Catalogue | |||
| Provider | Z.AI | Z.AI | OpenAI |
| Category | chat | chat | chat |
| Charge type | Pay As You Go | Pay As You Go | Pay As You Go |
| Released | — | — | — |
| Description | |||
| Summary | GLM-5 is Z.AI's flagship open-source foundation model, engineered for complex systems design and long-horizon agent workflows. Built with expert developers in mind, it delivers production-grade performance on large-scale programming tasks, rivaling leading closed-source models. With strong agentic planning, deep backend reasoning, and iterative self-correction capabilities, GLM-5 extends beyond traditional code generation to support full-system construction and autonomous execution, making it well suited for advanced engineering and agent-driven development environments. | GLM-5.3 is Z.ai's large-scale reasoning model designed for complex software engineering and long-horizon agentic workflows. It supports text input and output with a 1M-token context window, enabling sustained reasoning across large codebases and extended multi-step tasks. Building on GLM-5.2, it delivers stronger coding performance while improving the balance between capability and token efficiency, making it well suited for autonomous coding agents, large-scale engineering workflows, and complex task execution. | GPT-6 Astra is OpenAI's flagship model for demanding end-to-end professional work, designed for advanced analysis, software engineering, deep research, scientific tasks, and document creation. It is particularly strong in long-horizon agentic workflows, including tasks that require sustained reasoning, tool orchestration, and computer and browser use, making it well suited for complex autonomous workflows and production-grade knowledge work. |