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GLM 4.5v vs GLM-5.3 Flash

Price, context, inputs and filters. No benchmarks theatre.

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GLM-5.3 Flash costs 3.9× less per message.

GLM-5.3 Flash holds 16× more context.

Fact

GLM 4.5vZ.AI

OpenChat with GLM 4.5v

GLM-5.3 FlashZ.AI

OpenChat with GLM-5.3 Flash

Made by

Z.AI

Content tier

Open

Intelligence

Quick

Estimated price per message

~1.6 credits≈ 62 messages for $1

~0.41 credits≈ 243 messages for $1

Context window

66K tokens≈ 101 pages of text in one go

1M tokens≈ 1,613 pages of text in one go

Reads

Text, Images

Text, Images, Video

Writes

Text

Tool use

Yes - search, memory, code and more

Served via

OpenRouter, Unbottled AI

Status

Legacy

Current

A typical message: 16K tokens in, 1.5K out. Short replies cost less. Models served via OpenRouter bill the real provider cost plus our markup, so actual charges vary. 1 credit = $0.01.

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