Z.ai · Released Jul 25, 2025

GLM 4.5

GLM-4.5 is our latest flagship foundation model, purpose-built for agent-based applications. It leverages a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture and supports a context length of up to 128k tokens. GLM-4.5 delivers significantly...

ReasoningOpen weights
Released
Jul 25 2025
Context window
131K 98K out
Input / 1M tokens
$0.60
Output / 1M tokens
$2.20

Where to run it

Providers

Only Z.AI serves GLM 4.5 on OpenRouter right now.

ProviderInputOutputCache readContextMax outputUptimevs. best
Z.AIFP8 $0.60 $2.20 $0.11131K98K100%24h Cheapest

Value

Price vs. performance

6 models score higher for the same price or lesson Lech Mazur Writing, e.g. GPT-5 Mini.

GLM 4.5 Other Z.ai Other labs Value frontier · Lech Mazur Writing vs. input price per 1M tokens (log scale) · Drag to pan, pinch or Ctrl + scroll to zoom, double-click to zoom in.

Benchmarks

2 benchmark scores

BenchmarkScoreRankLeader
Lech Mazur WritingWriting & content · Short stories weaving 10 required elements, judged 0–10 7.34/10 #12of 13 GPT-58.60/10
Humanity's Last ExamReasoning & knowledge · Expert questions across 100+ subjects 8.3% #22of 23 GPT-6 Astra54.8%

Specs

Details

Model ID
z-ai/glm-4.5
Developer
Z.ai
Release date
Jul 25, 2025 ·
Context window
131,072 tokens
Max output
98,304 tokens
API price
$0.60 / $2.20 per 1M input / output tokens
Providers
1
Input types
text
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Open weights
Yes
Free tier
No

Release date, prices and providers from OpenRouter's catalog; buying directly from a provider can cost a little differently. Uptime is the share of OpenRouter requests each provider served over the last day. Benchmark scores are the best result per benchmark from Epoch AI, licensed CC BY 4.0. Rank counts every model tracked here with a score.