Z.ai
GLM-5.3-Flash
Z.ai's lighter open-weight GLM-5.3 variant with a 1M-token context window.
Our editorial assessment, based on the public sources listed below. Last reviewed .
- Overall rank
- #58
- Tier
- A
- Score
- 74.8
- Main category
- Chat
Strengths
- Ranked #3 among open-weight models on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
- Open weights with a 1M-token context window
- Places just above GLM-5.1 on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard
Considerations
- Trails the full GLM-5.3 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
- Thin independent coverage so far compared with frontier models
Price
Open weights (MIT); API $0.15 input / $0.50 output per 1M tokens via Z.ai
Shown for reference — price is not part of the score.
Score breakdown
- Performance
- 76.0
- 55% of score
- Reputation
- 68.0
- 35% of score
- Recency
- 92.0
- 10% of score
The overall score combines these sub-scores using the weights shown. How we score →
Verification status
Each field carries its own re-verification date. Amber means older than 90 days — treat those figures as stale until re-checked.
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