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GLM-5.1 (EmberCloud)
zhipuai·zhipuai/glm-5.1-8·GA·Open weights·glm series
Strong GLM coding model for agentic engineering, terminals, and repository generation
At a glance
Reference price$0.931 / $2.93 per 1M
Cache read $0.173 · LLM Gateway
Lowest paid$0.931 / $2.93
LLM Gateway Gateway
Context203,000
Output limit131,000
Capabilities
✓ Reasoning✓ Tool useStructured output✓ TemperatureAttachments
Modalities
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Released / updated2026-04-07 / 2026-04-07
Quality & performance
Artificial Analysis doesn't cover this model (267 of 2059 have data). Quality data comes from independent evals covering widely used models.
Available at 1 providers1 with public prices
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLM Gateway embercloud/glm-5.1 | Gateway | $0.931 | $2.93 | $0.173 | — | 203,000 | 131,000 |
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Your usage cost
1LLM Gateway$241.74
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Benchmark
No upstream benchmark data for this model. For quality, see the Artificial Analysis intelligence score above.
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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input list $0.931Output list $2.93Min blended $1.43
Price history accumulates from each data sync; currently only 1 sample(s) (2026-08-21). Each future sync adds a point, and once accumulated a line is drawn here.