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| Attribute | GLM 5.3glm-5.3 | GLM 4.6 (Thinking)glm-4.6-thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Input | $1.40 / 1M | $0.40 / 1M |
| Output | $4.40 / 1M | $1.50 / 1M |
| Cache Write (5m) | $1.40 / 1M | $0.40 / 1M |
| Cache Write (1h) | $1.40 / 1M | $0.40 / 1M |
| Cache Read | $1.40 / 1M | $0.40 / 1M |
| Web Search | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M |
| Context | ||
| Max context | 1M | 202.8K |
| Max output | N/A | N/A |
| Capabilities | ||
| Vision | No | Yes |
| Function Calling | Yes | Yes |
| JSON Mode | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming | Yes | Yes |
| Catalogue | ||
| Provider | Z.AI | Z.AI |
| Category | chat | chat |
| Charge type | Pay As You Go | Pay As You Go |
| Released | — | — |
| Description | ||
| Summary | 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. | GLM-4.6 improves on GLM-4.5 with a larger 200K context window, stronger coding performance (including better real-world agent tools like Claude Code and Cline), and clearer gains in reasoning with built-in tool use. It delivers more capable agent behavior, integrates better into agent frameworks, and produces more natural, readable writing — especially in role-playing scenarios. |