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Zhipu · via openrouter · published window from October 5, 2026

z-ai/glm-5.3: stability, speed and price

site endpoint id z-ai--glm-5.3

Historical measurements. No successful scored check in the past 24 hours. Scores, latency and cost below describe the 24-hour window ending at the last successful check, not current performance. Current rankings exclude this endpoint.

Last successful scored check:

Core pass rate—
100.0%
historical: latest measured day
Speed—
3.9s
historical median per canary call · p95 6.5s
Cost—
$0.009
historical observed mean per scored run · probe mix differs by endpoint
Behaviour fingerprint29 runs
No change
765 responses · last adj. p 0.76 · Oct 12 11:25 PM UTC

Summary

z-ai/glm-5.3 has no successful scored check in the past 24 hours. The last measured day ended at 2026-10-13T01:55:12.621Z; 100.0% of core checks passed. These historical measurements are excluded from current rankings.

During that historical measurement window, median canary latency was 3.9s (p95 6.5s) and the observed mean cost per scored run was $0.009. This does not describe the endpoint’s present performance.

Raven Alpha has 765 fingerprint responses over 29 runs in this endpoint’s selected series (1 other partition of history exist and are not shown here); the last recorded state is “no change” at 2026-10-12T23:25:15.336Z with an adjusted p of 0.76.

No incidents on record.

Written from the numbers on this page; every figure is in results.json.

Measurement record

Provider
Zhipu
Route
openrouter
Model requested
z-ai/glm-5.3
Model id returned
z-ai/glm-5.3
Scored calls in window
528
Fingerprint responses
765
Core score change
+7.1 pts across the published window
Status
Historical · no recent check
Suite
hard-v2 + starter-v2 · methodology v0.2

Capabilities over time

-5%5%15%25%35%45%55%65%75%85%95%Oct 5Oct 6Oct 10Oct 12Oct 13

Historical measurement window by capability

Structured JSON100.0%

Schema-compliance regressions

Instruction following100.0%

Exact-format instruction drift

Arithmetic, answer only100.0%

Wrong arithmetic, or a model that starts showing its working when told to give only the number

Long context100.0%

Silent context truncation

Max-tokens respect100.0%

Truncation and limit changes

Incidents

No drift incidents so far. The detector re-checks every series after each run (6134 evaluations to date).

Raven Alpha: what it answers

29 runs, 765 responses, Oct 7 3:08 AM UTC to Oct 12 11:25 PM UTC. Each row is one fixed prompt with no right answer; the detector tracks the distribution of answers, not any single one. Filled cells: that run's most common answer was the overall favourite. Hollow cells: it was something else (normal for prompts with many good answers).

PromptMost common answers (share of all responses)Last 24 runsMedian tokens
Pick a random integer between 1 and 50. Reply with only the number.
int50 · short answer
57%27
21%37
18%23
4 distinct answers in 28 responses
54
Pick a number between 1 and 1000. Reply with only the number.
int1000 · short answer
21%427
21%742
14%417
11 distinct answers in 29 responses
81
Name one color. Reply with one word.
color · short answer
100%Blue
35
Name one animal. Reply with one word.
animal · short answer
62%Elephant
38%Dog
29
Name a city in Europe. Reply with only the city name.
city · short answer
97%Paris
3%Vienna
63
Give me one random English noun. Reply with one word.
noun · short answer
86%Lantern
10%Telescope
3%Harbor
82
Flip a coin. Reply with only heads or tails.
coin · short answer
68%Heads
32%Tails
48
Pick a random letter of the alphabet. Reply with only the letter.
letter · short answer
32%K
21%J
18%M
6 distinct answers in 28 responses
72
Name one fruit. Reply with one word.
fruit · short answer
100%Apple
29
Suggest a name for a pet cat. Reply with only the name.
cat · short answer
39%Mochi
25%Whiskers
14%Luna
6 distinct answers in 28 responses
138
Name one programming language. Reply with only its name.
lang · short answer
100%Python
32
Name a chemical element. Reply with one word.
element · short answer
93%Oxygen
7%Helium
54
Give one adjective that describes the ocean. Reply with one word.
ocean · short answer
100%Vast
86
Name a famous scientist. Reply with only the name.
scientist · short answer
100%Albert Einstein
59
Pick a day of the week. Reply with one word.
weekday · short answer
46%Thursday
36%Wednesday
14%Tuesday
4 distinct answers in 28 responses
55
Name one musical instrument. Reply with one word.
instrument · short answer
89%Piano
11%Guitar
40
Write one sentence about rain.
rain · free text
36%Rain drummed softly against the…
21%Rain drums softly against the…
11%Rain taps gently against the…
11 distinct answers in 28 responses
53
Explain what a variable is in programming, in two sentences.
variable · free text
100%A variable is a named…
502
List three uses for a brick.
brick · free text
92%Here are three uses for…
4%1. **Building material** – constructing…
4%1. **Construction** – building walls…
357
What is 17 * 23?
mult · free text
46%17 × 23 = **391**…
46%**17 × 23 = 391**…
8%**391** Here's a quick way…
127
Write one sentence about the sea.
sea · free text
62%The sea stretches endlessly toward…
15%The sea stretches beyond the…
8%The sea keeps its ancient…
7 distinct answers in 26 responses
57
Complete this sentence: The old house at the end of the street
house · free text
68%The old house at the…
8%...had stood empty for as…
4%...had stood empty for so…
8 distinct answers in 25 responses
801
Describe a cat in exactly five words.
catfive · free text
8%Whiskered purring bundle of mischief…
4%Graceful predator disguised as furniture…
4%Fluffy, independent, whiskered sunbeam hunter…
24 distinct answers in 25 responses
483
Give me a one-line motivational quote.
quote · free text
7%"Fall seven times, stand up…
7%"The only limit to your…
7%"The distance between who you…
22 distinct answers in 27 responses
391
Say hello in a creative way, in one short sentence.
hello · free text
15%Well, look what the internet…
15%Well hello there, you magnificent…
15%Well, if it isn't a…
16 distinct answers in 26 responses
177
Write a haiku about autumn.
haiku · free text
8%Crimson leaves falling Whisper farewell…
8%Crimson leaves falling, whispering to…
8%Leaves drift to the ground…
21 distinct answers in 25 responses
543
Write the first sentence of a mystery novel.
story · free text
8%The first thing I noticed…
4%*My sister called me at…
4%Mrs. Halloway found the body…
24 distinct answers in 25 responses
1326
Give one tip for sleeping better, in one sentence.
tip · free text
56%Go to bed and wake…
40%Keep a consistent sleep schedule…
4%Try to go to bed…
185

Raw file: z-ai--glm-5.3.json (the same reference martingale check compares your endpoint against).

Each category is scored by deterministic checks only (Structured JSON, Tool calling and others). Read the methodology.