| Provider | Z.ai |
|---|---|
| Model ID | z-ai/glm-5v-turbo |
| Prompt Price per 1M tokens | $1.2 |
| Completion Price per 1M tokens | $4 |
| Sample Workload Cost 1M input + 500K output | $3.2 |
| Context Window | 202.75K |
| Release Date | |
| Popularity | #154 |
| Popularity Signal | 511.5M tokens |
GLM 5V Turbo
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Prices normalized to USD per 1M tokens
Sample workload: 1M input + 500K output
Budget brief
GLM 5V Turbo is estimated at $3.2 for the standard workload.
GLM 5V Turbo is best suited for general API evaluation. A 1M input token plus 500K output token workload is estimated at $3.2.
Input price$1.2per 1M tokens
Output price$4per 1M tokens
Context window202.75Kreported maximum
Popularity#154511.5M tokens signal volume
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GLM-5V-Turbo is Z.ai’s first native multimodal agent foundation model, built for vision-based coding and agent-driven tasks. It natively handles image, video, and text inputs, excels at long-horizon planning, complex coding,...
GLM 5V Turbo is best suited for general API evaluation.
A 1M input token plus 500K output token workload is estimated at $3.2.
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