GLM 5.3 (batch) is Z.ai's reasoning model optimized for asynchronous batch processing with a 1M-token context window.
- Strengths
- Handles long-context reasoning tasks efficiently when batch processing is acceptable, with the same 1M-token capacity as the latest standard GLM 5.3 models.
- Best for
- Processing extended documents, complex multi-document analysis, and reasoning workloads that tolerate asynchronous batch execution.
- Limitations
- Batch-only processing makes it unsuitable for real-time or interactive applications; for synchronous inference, use the standard GLM 5.3 or GLM 5.3 Flash instead.
Input / 1M
$0.05
Output / 1M
$0.18
Cached input / 1M
$0.01
Context window
1.05M
Price history
Input (solid)Output (dashed)
Price change
- 30d
- in decreased 16.7% out decreased 10.0%
- 90d
- in decreased 66.7% out decreased 64.0%
- 1y
- in decreased 66.7% out decreased 64.0%
- Since launch
- in decreased 66.7% out decreased 64.0%
Snapshots
| Effective | Input | Output | Cached in | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 2026 | $0.05 | $0.18 | $0.01 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 22 Sep 2026 | $0.06 | $0.2 | $0.012 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 8 Sep 2026 | $0.075 | $0.25 | $0.015 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |
| 29 Aug 2026 | $0.15 | $0.5 | $0.03 | Imported from OpenRouter | openrouter.ai |