GLM 5 Turbo vs Grok 4.3

API pricing, benchmark indices and specs — updated 19 October 2026.

z-ai · A · API-only
Input / 1M
$1.20
Output / 1M
$4.00
AA index
26.6
proprietary · 202.8K context
x-ai · B · API-only
Input / 1M
$1.25
Output / 1M
$2.50
AA index
24.9
proprietary · 1M context

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification GLM 5 Turbo Grok 4.3
Deployment API-only (closed weights) API-only (closed weights)
Parameters n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Architecture n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Context length 202,752 1,000,000
Licence Proprietary Proprietary
Commercial use Per API terms Per API terms
Languages n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Downloads 30d n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Downloads all time n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Quantizations on the Hub n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Gated n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
First seen on the Hub n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
API input price / 1M tokens $1.20 $1.25
API output price / 1M tokens $4.00 $2.50
Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens $5.20 $3.75
Cached input / 1M tokens $0.24 $0.20
AA Intelligence Index 26.6 24.9
AA Coding Index — 42.2
AA Agentic Index — 15.5
Max output tokens 131,072 900,000
API providers 1 1
Tool calling Yes Yes
Reasoning mode Yes Yes

API cost

Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter

GLM 5 Turbo $5.20
Grok 4.3 $3.75

Grok 4.3 is 1.4× cheaper at list price.

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