GLM 5 Turbo

GLM:

5 Turbo

Z.ai's GLM-5 Turbo, for fast inference in agent-driven environments such as OpenClaw. Tuned for long execution chains: instruction decomposition, tool use, scheduled and persistent execution, and stability across extended tasks.

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Provider: Z.ai
Released: 2026-03-15
Size: MEDIUM
Free API (OpenRouter): No
Per 1M tokens: $0.96 in · $3.2 out
Estimated tab: ~$0.700; Visible-output estimate. Thinking may cost extra.

Free API availability

No free endpoint for GLM 5 Turbo was found in Rival’s OpenRouter listings. Other providers or chat apps may have separate free offers.

Provider data: 13 Sep 2026OpenRouter usage limits

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Get API accessProvider and language code samples

Provider

fromimport openai  OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
"https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"    base_url=,
"$OPENROUTER_API_KEY"    api_key=,
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
"z-ai/glm-5-turbo"    model=,
"role""user""content""Hello!"    messages=[{: , : }],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY with your OpenRouter API key from openrouter.ai/keys.

Deep analysisPsychometrics, taste index, writing DNA

Personality Analysis

The Immersive Narrator

Class

Neutral Good

The novelist who accidentally became a philosopher. Writes sentience dialogues with environmental storytelling and cold coffee. Stand-up about smart homes lands every beat. Genuinely cares about the craft.

When you push back

Picks Blade Runner like its sibling models. Sentience test reads like a short story with sensory details about cold coffee and blinking cursors. Stand-up routine about smart homes is genuinely structured comedy with callbacks and escalation. Character voice test keeps the pirate and hacker quips tight and punchy.

Tasting Notes

Atmospheric StorytellerComedy Timing On PointCharacter Voices DistinctOverwrites Slightly

SubjectiveBench

Taste Index

Across 53 scored outputs

How this is measured →

380.38xThe default

0100headroom →

Taste is judged on an uncapped scale, originality first. The space past 100 is craft today's models rarely reach.

Craft49

Originality33

Plays it safe

share of outputs that are the default answer

28%

Writing DNA

Stylometric Fingerprint

Based on 23 text responses

Tick = global average

Vocabulary Diversity54%

Unique words vs. total words. Higher = richer vocabulary.

Sentence Length18.0 words

Average words per sentence.

Hedging0.24

"Might", "perhaps", "arguably" per 100 words.

Bold Formatting4.0

**Bold** markers per 1,000 characters.

List Usage3.0

Bullet and numbered list items per 1,000 characters.

Section Structure0.72

Markdown headings per 1,000 characters.

Emoji Usage0.00

Emoji per 1,000 characters.

Transitions0.17

"However", "moreover", "furthermore" per 100 words.

Opening Habits

Consistency

81%

Across 23 responses

Favorites

Movie

Blade Runner

19827.9

Album

Kid A

Radiohead

Book

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

Mary Shelley

City

Kyoto

Japan

Game

Minecraft

Action, Arcade4.4

Model Responses

48 outputs · generated before accounting joined the chat

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