GLM-5

Overview

GLM-5 is Zhipu AI's new-generation flagship foundation model, specifically designed for Coding and Agent scenarios. It achieves State-Of-The-Art (SOTA) performance in open-source complex system engineering and long-horizon tasks, with a real-world coding experience approaching Claude Opus level. Based on a 744B scale foundation model, combined with asynchronous reinforcement learning and sparse attention mechanisms, GLM-5 marks a paradigm shift from "writing code" to "building systems".

Key Features

  • Parameter Scale and Data Volume: The base model's parameter scale has expanded to 744B (with 40B activated parameters), and pre-training data has increased from 23T to 28.5T, significantly enhancing the model's breadth and depth of knowledge.
  • Ultra-Long Context and Output: Supports a context window of up to 200K tokens and a maximum output length of 128K tokens, enabling excellent performance in handling long texts, complex code, and multi-step tasks.
  • Exceptional Coding and Agent Capabilities: Systematically strengthened programming and agent capabilities, excelling in code generation, low hallucination rates, and long-text processing, capable of more precise search iterations and more efficient token utilization.
  • Multiple Thinking Modes: Offers various thinking modes to support more flexible and in-depth problem-solving.

Best Use Cases

  • Complex System Engineering: Suitable for scenarios requiring the construction and management of complex software systems, assisting in system design, code generation, and optimization.
  • Long-Horizon Agent Tasks: Excels in agent tasks requiring multi-step planning, execution, and feedback, such as automated workflows and intelligent assistants.
  • High-Precision Code Generation and Debugging: Provides human-level coding assistance for developers, improving development efficiency and code quality.
  • Large-Scale Document Analysis and Summarization: With its ultra-long context window, it can process and understand massive amounts of documents for deep information extraction and summarization.

Capabilities and Limitations

CapabilityDetailed Description
Reasoning AbilityExtremely Strong. Excels in complex logical reasoning, multi-step task planning, and execution.
Creative AbilityExtremely Strong. Particularly adept at code generation, system design, and innovative problem-solving.
Multimodal AbilityZhipu AI platform offers visual model support; GLM-5 primarily focuses on text and code but can be integrated with multimodal tools.
Response Speed30-50 tokens/s. Provides relatively fast response speed while ensuring quality.
Context Window200K
Max Output128K

Credits and Pricing

ModelInput (Credits/Token)Output (Credits/Token)
GLM-50.302.55