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GLM-5

Z.aiReleased Feb 11, 2026Current

Score basis

GLM-5 is capable in long context and factuality; and behind the leaders in instruction following, coding, reasoning, and agentic tasks. Too few results yet to rate safety, math, multimodal tasks, or multilingual tasks.

Capability profile

Bars show the model's median result as a share of the leading model's, per capability. Select a row to see its results.

Capable2 capabilities
  1. Long Context−18.3%1 of 3
  2. Factuality−23.9%3 of 4
Limited4 capabilities
  1. Instruction Following−26.9%1 of 3
  2. Coding−26.9%6 of 10
  3. Reasoning−32.2%5 of 6
  4. Agentic−34.5%3 of 7
Not rated4 capabilities

Too few results yet to rate Safety, Math, Multimodal or Multilingual.

Price

$1.00input$3.20outputper million tokens

From Artificial Analysis · 4 providers tracked · All prices

Costs more than 66% of 328 priced models · 3:1 input-to-output blend, log scale

Evidence

79results on49benchmarks

  • 21 independently verified
  • 31 aggregator
  • 27 vendor-reported

From 18 sources · latest Oct 7, 2026 · How verification works

API features

Tool callingStructured outputsReasoning

As listed by OpenRouter

Research

66 papers reference GLM-5

GLM-5 benchmark results

79 results on 49 benchmarks, grouped by capability. Each bar is the result as a share of the capability leader's; every result links to its source.

Long Context

CapableFull long context ranking

18.3% behind the leader1 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

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Factuality

CapableFull factuality ranking

23.9% behind the leader3 of 4 ranked benchmarks measured

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Instruction Following

LimitedFull instruction following ranking

26.9% behind the leader1 of 3 ranked benchmarks measured

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Coding

LimitedFull coding ranking

26.9% behind the leader6 of 10 ranked benchmarks measured

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Reasoning

LimitedFull reasoning ranking

32.2% behind the leader5 of 6 ranked benchmarks measured

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Agentic

LimitedFull agentic ranking

34.5% behind the leader3 of 7 ranked benchmarks measured

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Math

Not enough dataFull math ranking

0 of 5 ranked benchmarks measured

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More results

Benchmarks outside the capability baskets. They are not ranked against a leader.

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GLM-5: common questions

Who makes GLM-5?

GLM-5 is made by Z.ai.

When was GLM-5 released?

GLM-5 was released on Feb 11, 2026, according to Artificial Analysis.

What is GLM-5 good at?

GLM-5 is capable in long context and factuality; and behind the leaders in instruction following, coding, reasoning, and agentic tasks. Too few results yet to rate safety, math, multimodal tasks, or multilingual tasks.

How much does GLM-5 cost?

GLM-5 costs $1.00 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens, according to Artificial Analysis. We track its price at 4 providers. At a mix of three input tokens to one output token, it costs more than 66% of the 328 priced models we track.

How many benchmarks has GLM-5 been tested on?

We track 79 results for GLM-5 on 49 benchmarks from 18 sources, 21 of them independently verified. The latest was recorded on Oct 7, 2026.

Which API features does GLM-5 support?

OpenRouter lists tool calling, structured outputs, and reasoning for GLM-5.

About this record

Where GLM-5's numbers come from, and every name it appears under.

Tracked since
Apr 27, 2026
Newest source mention
Aug 23, 2026

Where the results come from

Verification: 79 scores · 21 independently verified · 31 aggregator-attributed · 27 vendor-reported. How these tiers are assigned

From 18 sources on 11 sites. Artificial Analysis supplies 32 of them; the 21 independently verified results come from 9 sites. Bars are coloured by trust tier.

  • artificialanalysis.ai32
  • huggingface.co22
  • matharena.ai7
  • api.llm-stats.com5
  • raw.githubusercontent.com4
  • swebench.com3
  • arcprize.org2
  • datasets-server.huggingface.co1
  • epoch.ai1
  • lmarena.ai1
  • simple-bench.com1

Also known as

glm-5 (high reasoning)glm-5 (non-reasoning)glm-5 (reasoning)glm-5-non-reasoningglm 5 (high)