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GLM 5 Turbo

Current board #92API only

Z.ai·z-ai/glm-5-turbo

GLM 5 Turbo is ModelCap current-board rank #92 with Index 52.6 (Measured · blended), from the ModelCap Index as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.

GLM 5 Turbo listed OpenRouter input price is $1.20 per 1M tokens and listed output price is $4.00 per 1M tokens, from OpenRouter listed prices as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.

GLM 5 Turbo has a published context limit of 203K tokens in the ModelCap catalogue as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.

GLM 5 Turbo has 1 published OpenRouter serving endpoint, from OpenRouter as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.

GLM 5 Turbo weight access is api only, from ModelCap classification of published repository metadata as of 22 Sept 2026, 02:49 UTC.

Snapshot facts · download the public dataset · methodology

ModelCap Index · Current board
52.6#92
Measured · 1% support · score interval 29.4–75.8
Evidence as of 20 Jul 2026, 00:00 UTC
Market Gravity
23.1
Secondary market signal
Input
$1.20
per 1M tokens
Output
$4.00
per 1M tokens
Context
203K
tokens
Providers
1
endpoint
Gateway spend
latest · Vercel share

Providers

Uptime measured over the last 30 minutes
ProviderInputOutputContextQuantUptime
Z.AI$1.20$4.00203K100.0%

ModelCap Index · Current board

Methodology
52.6
Measured · blended · publisher-corpus-prior over 203 held-out anchors (64%); 1 specialist-board observation at 1.2% support (36%); shrunk 23.8 up toward the measured corpus
Current board
#92
Public rank basis
Measured · blended (measured)
Index support
1.2% · weak
Index interval
29.4–75.8
Rank posterior
Not available
Top 5 / Top 10 probability
Not available / Not available
Posterior as of
Snapshot timestamp unavailable
Evidence as of
20 Jul 2026, 00:00 UTC
Identity binding
Exact catalogue product · z-ai/z-ai/glm-5-turbo · aggregates disclosed benchmark configurations · endpoint configuration not claimed
Index observations used
1
Qualified Index evidence point
52.6
How this position was produced · fused launch placement

No general-family board lists this model yet. Its point estimate is the precision-weighted mean of every channel that spoke for it; each channel’s share is the weight it carried. Independent measurements replace this placement as boards list the model.

Fused estimate
52.6 ± 18.1
Independent share
36%
Shrink toward corpus
+23.8
Optimism haircut
None applied
Method
precision-weighted-v1
Channels fused into this model’s launch placement
ChannelEstimateShare
Publisher corpus prior · not independent
publisher-corpus-prior over 203 held-out anchors
66.2 ± 22.764%
Specialist board measurement
1 specialist-board observation at 1.2% support
28.8 ± 30.036%
Bayesian Evidence Score · measured evidence input only

BES normalizes admitted public benchmark evidence for measured Index rows. Its legacy score and observables prior do not define the public language rank.

Observed capability
28.8
Evidence status
provisional · 3% mass
General preference
Coding
Agents & tools
28.8
Reasoning
Evidence breadth
5%
Evidence coverage
1%
Market and catalogue signals · secondary, never the language Index rank
Usage (OpenRouter popularity)
7.7
Liquidity (providers × uptime)
35.8
Open reach (HF downloads)
Surface (context / tools / modalities)
73.4
Freshness
48.4
  • · OpenRouter popularity #207
  • · 1 live provider
  • · Catalogue: context 202752, reasoning, tools
  • · First seen 2026-03-15

These adoption and deployment observations remain context only. They do not change this model's ModelCap Index score or rank.

BES evidence selected · measured input only

The bounded 0–100 capability score blends each source’s competitive placement with its published achievement, then combines capability families. Evidence breadth adds a modest uncertainty adjustment; price and popularity are not part of benchmark-led rank.

Deployment readiness

Metadata index
37.6
limited · 56% metadata coverage
Not capability
Artifact reproducibility
0.0
Access & legal clarity
30.3
Deployability
80.0
Evaluation provenance
37.7

Missing: artifactReproducibility.revision-sha, artifactReproducibility.architecture-and-model-type, artifactReproducibility.parameter-count, artifactReproducibility.serialized-weight-format, artifactReproducibility.base-lineage, accessLegalClarity.declared-license, accessLegalClarity.resolvable-license-terms, evaluationProvenance.evaluation-dataset-revisions.

A metadata completeness and deployability index—not a safety certification, quality grade, or production-readiness claim.

Market activity

Venue coverage
Market Gravity
23.1
OpenRouter weekly popularity
#207 of 322

Market Gravity uses OpenRouter’s full-catalogue popularity order. Sparse Vercel top-ten observations appear only when published and do not affect the score.

Arena preference

No matched Arena rating

This model is visible because it is available in the live catalogue, but it has no trustworthy community result yet. ModelCap does not infer a quality score from price, features, or market activity.

Market Gravity breakdown

Usage55%
7.7

OpenRouter weekly popularity across the full model catalogue.

Liquidity25%
35.8

Independent providers versus the model's open or closed cohort, weighted by uptime.

Open reach15%
50.0

Hugging Face 30-day downloads for open models; neutral for closed models.

Freshness5%
48.4

Time since first public availability, on a six-month half-life.

Specification

Context window
203K tokens
Max output
131K tokens
Inputs
Text
Outputs
Text
Tokenizer
Other
Cached input tokens
$0.24 / 1M
First seen on OpenRouter
15 Mar 2026

Capabilities

  • Supported: Reasoning
  • Supported: Tool use
  • Not supported: Structured output
  • Supported: Response format
  • Not supported: Moderated

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Benchmark leaderboards featuring GLM 5 Turbo

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Public benchmark boards on which GLM 5 Turbo has a published result
LeaderboardScoreSource rankConfigurationPublished
τ²-Bench Telecom (Artificial Analysis run)Artificial Analysis98.5%#4 of 436tau2:telecom:dual-control:pass-at-1:3-repeats:source-model="GLM-5-Turbo":reasoning=true5 Sept 2026
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)Artificial Analysis27.8%#137 of 615hle:may-2025:text-only-2158:no-tools:pass-at-1:source-model="GLM-5-Turbo":reasoning=true5 Sept 2026
WildClawBench OpenClaw leaderboardWildClawBench33.9#28 of 34Default20 Jul 2026

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GLM 5 Turbo: common questions

How does GLM 5 Turbo rank among AI models?

GLM 5 Turbo holds ModelCap Index position #92 of 248 ranked language models as of 22 September 2026, with an Index score of 52.6 (interval 29.4–75.8); evidence: measured · blended. The Index combines public benchmark boards with published uncertainty; the methodology page explains the weighting.

How much does GLM 5 Turbo cost per 1M tokens?

GLM 5 Turbo is listed at $1.20 per 1M input tokens and $4.00 per 1M output tokens as of 22 September 2026. Prices come from the OpenRouter catalogue and re-observe on every refresh. For 1,000 requests using 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each, the listed rates imply $4.40 total (2M input + 0.5M output). This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the chosen endpoint's rate and limits before budgeting.

What is the context window of GLM 5 Turbo?

GLM 5 Turbo has a published context window of 203K tokens (202,752) and a maximum output of 131K tokens. Individual providers can serve less than the published maximum; the providers table lists each endpoint's own limit.

Is GLM 5 Turbo open-weight?

API only. No downloadable model weights are linked in the current source data; access is through a hosted API or product.

Which API providers serve GLM 5 Turbo?

One provider serves GLM 5 Turbo through OpenRouter as of 22 September 2026: Z.AI. Each provider's price, context limit, quantization and measured uptime are in the providers table above.

Which benchmarks has GLM 5 Turbo been evaluated on?

GLM 5 Turbo has published results on 3 public boards tracked by ModelCap as of 22 September 2026: AA τ²-Bench Telecom 98.5% (#4 of 436), AA Humanity's Last Exam 27.8% (#137 of 615) and WildClawBench OpenClaw 33.9 (#28 of 34). Each board page ranks every tracked model on that benchmark; the ModelCap Index combines them with published uncertainty.

How does GLM 5 Turbo compare with Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507?

GLM 5 Turbo ranks #92 (Index 52.6) and Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507 ranks #91 (Index 52.9) on the ModelCap Index as of 22 September 2026. The head-to-head page lines up their benchmarks, listed prices, context windows and provider counts side by side.

When was GLM 5 Turbo released?

GLM 5 Turbo first appeared in the catalogue on 15 Mar 2026. It is the current version in its family. Rank and price movements since then are recorded on the site's changes feed.