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  5. GLM 5 TurbovsHy3
Updated Jul 2026

GLM 5 TurbovsHy3

Hy3 is cheaper than GLM 5 Turbo at $0.132/M vs $0.96/M input tokens.

GLM 5 Turbo and Hy3 compared across 3 shared prompts
SpecGLM 5 TurboHy3
Input price$0.96/M tokens$0.132/M tokens
Output price$3.2/M tokens$0.528/M tokens
Context window203K tokens262K tokens
Weights—Open
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedMar 2026Jul 2026
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Opening lines from 2 of the 3 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

GLM 5 Turbo264 words
Pantry Raider’s Peanut Butter Bliss Bites These no-bake energy bites taste like a cross between a chewy oatmeal cookie and a decadent peanut butter cup. Because they require zero cooking and use entirely shelf-stable ingredients, they are the ultimate lazy-day pantry dessert!
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Hy3178 words
Dish Name: Ruby Hurricane Pasta Ingredients (exactly 7 common pantry staples): Spaghetti (or any dry pasta) Canned diced tomatoes Garlic (pre-minced or whole cloves) Extra-virgin olive oil Red pepper flakes Salt Grated Parmesan (shelf-stable style) (Water for boiling pasta is assumed free and not counted.)
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Explain Like I'm a Specific Expert

Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced…

GLM 5 Turbo934 words
1. The Experienced Software Engineer Think of an LLM not as a lookup table or a simple if/else autocomplete, but as a massively distributed, lossy compression algorithm running over a continuous graph.
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Hy3816 words
For the Experienced Software Engineer (distributed systems/APIs, no ML, skeptical) You’re used to building systems where explicit logic, endpoints, and state machines handle requests.
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Our Verdict
Hy3
Hy3
GLM 5 Turbo
GLM 5 TurboRunner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, Hy3 has the edge: bigger model tier, newer.

Hy3 costs 6.1x less per token.

Too close to call
API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GLM 5 Turbo
Input
$0.96
Output
$3.20
Hy3
Input
$0.13
7.3× cheaper
Output
$0.53
6.1× cheaper

Hy3 is cheaper on both: 7.3× input, 6.1× output.

Where to run it

7 hosts, cheapest first

GLM 5 Turbo1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Z.ai$1.20 in·$4.00 out·203k·100% up
Hy36 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDeepInfrafp4$0.13 in·$0.53 out·262k·99.5% upTencentfp8$0.13 in·$0.53 out·262k·99.8% upGGMI Cloudbf16$0.14 in·$0.58 out·262k·99.3% upNNovita$0.14 in·$0.58 out·262k·99.7% upPPhala$0.15 in·$0.64 out·262k·99.9% upAAtlasCloudfp8$0.20 in·$0.80 out·262k·99.9% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 22 Sep 2026.

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GLM 5 Turbo is developed by Z.ai while Hy3 is developed by Tencent. GLM 5 Turbo has a 203K token context window vs Hy3's 262K. You can compare their actual outputs across 3 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. GLM 5 Turbo and Hy3 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 3 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

GLM 5 Turbo costs $0.96/M input tokens and Hy3 costs $0.132/M input tokens. Hy3 is $0.83/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of GLM 5 Turbo and Hy3 across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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