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Z.ai: GLM 5.3

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 ranks #6 of 101 models by Artificial Analysis quality score (59.5) at $2.15/1M tokens blended - and ranks #27 of 312 by average real OpenRouter usage share over the trailing 54-day window (0.87%). Available from 1 provider at up to 100.0% uptime.

  1. Quality (Intelligence Index) - 59.5
  2. Coding index - 74.8
  3. Agentic index - 59.1
  4. Price (blended $/1M) - 2.15
  5. Context window - 1,048,576
  6. Usage rank - #27 of 312
  7. Providers - 1
  8. Open/closed - open

Usage share over time

1.53%1.15%0.77%0.38%0.00%Share of usageAug 19Aug 23Aug 27

What Z.ai: GLM 5.3 is actually used for

Share of each real task category's classified traffic this model handles, from OpenRouter's task classification.

TaskShare of task traffic
Security Audit5.9%
Code Review1.7%

Frequently asked questions

What is Z.ai: GLM 5.3's quality score?

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 scores 59.5 on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index, ranking #6 of 101 models with a published score.

How much does Z.ai: GLM 5.3 cost?

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 costs $2.15 per 1M tokens (blended 75% prompt / 25% completion pricing).

Is Z.ai: GLM 5.3 widely used?

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 ranks #27 of 312 models by average real OpenRouter usage share, averaging 0.87% of classified token volume over the trailing 54-day window.

Is Z.ai: GLM 5.3 open-weight or closed?

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 is an open-weight model.

Source: OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings), as of August 28, 2026.

Benchmark scores: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) via OpenRouter (openrouter.ai/rankings).

Methodology: www.smophy.ai/benchmark/methodology

Token counts originate from each provider's own tokenizer and are not directly comparable across providers.