Z.ai models, benchmarked.
Maker of the GLM models, released as open weights under MIT. We track 3 Z.ai models. The highest-ranked is GLM-5.3, 14th of 51 overall. Blended list prices run from A$0.33 (GLM-5.3 Flash) to A$3.02 (GLM-5.2) per million tokens.
| MODEL | IN AUSTRALIA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14GLM-5.3 | 71.0 | 44.8 | #11 | A$3.02 | 63 tok/s | SELF-HOST |
| 23GLM-5.3 Flash | 62.7 | 41.8 | #16 | A$0.33 | 57 tok/s | SELF-HOST |
| 36GLM-5.2 | 51.3 | 33.7 | #21 | A$3.02 | SELF-HOST |
Which Z.ai model to use.
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What is Z.ai’s best model?
As of 23 Sep 2026, GLM-5.3 is Z.ai’s highest-ranked model, 14th of 51 on our overall leaderboard.
What is Z.ai’s cheapest model?
GLM-5.3 Flash, at A$0.33 per million tokens (blended, ex GST).
Which Z.ai models can run in Australia?
None are offered in an Australian cloud region with local processing, but Z.ai’s open-weights models can be self-hosted in Australia.
Ratings: LMArena leaderboard dataset (CC BY 4.0), rescaled for the lens scores · leaderboards to 22 Sep 2026
Evaluations, prices and speed: Artificial Analysis (artificialanalysis.ai) · fetched 23 Sep 2026
Exchange rate: Reserve Bank of Australia, table F11.1 · A$1 = US$0.7123 on 22 Sep 2026 · prices exclude GST
Snapshot 23 Sep 2026 · updated weekly · How the rankings work →