GLM-5 Turbo

Released
2026-03-01
Last refreshed
2026-06-29
Status
Researched 166d ago
Open sourceCommercial use: permittedRAGAgentsLong contextClassificationJSON / Tool use
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Specifications
Family
GLM-5
Released
2026-03-01
Context
200k
Parameters
744B total, 40B active
Architecture
Mixture of Experts
Knowledge cutoff
2025-11
Openness
Open source
License
MITOSI-approvedCommercial use: permitted
Weights
Unknown
Code
Unknown
Created by
Zhipu AI

Chinese AI research lab developing GLM language models.

Beijing, China
Founded 2019
Website
Pricing
Output / 1M
$4.00
Input / 1M
$1.20

Cheapest of 2 routes · OpenRouter

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About

Purpose-built variant of GLM-5 optimized for agent orchestration and complex automated workflows. Features native agent-friendly training emphasizing tool use, command following, and persistent task execution. Designed for OpenClaw (Lobster Agent) workflows with ~0.67% tool-call error rate. Achieves 20% higher inference performance vs base GLM-5.

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ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MCacheRoute
OpenRouter$1.20$4.00-
Serverless
Vercel AI Gateway$1.20$4.00read $0.240
Serverless

Capabilities

ReasoningJSON / Tool useStructured Outputs

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