Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.8 and GLM-5.3-Flash?

GLM-5.3-Flash has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: Claude Opus 4.8 from $5.00 and GLM-5.3-Flash from $0.07.

Which has the larger context window, Claude Opus 4.8 and GLM-5.3-Flash?

GLM-5.3-Flash has the largest context window: Claude Opus 4.8 1,000,000 tokens and GLM-5.3-Flash 1,310,720 tokens.

Which is better for coding, Claude Opus 4.8 and GLM-5.3-Flash?

Claude Opus 4.8 scores highest on the Artificial Analysis Coding Index: Claude Opus 4.8 74.3 and GLM-5.3-Flash 71.5.

Can I switch between Claude Opus 4.8 and GLM-5.3-Flash without changing my code?

Yes. All of them are served through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching is a change of the model parameter (anthropic/claude-opus-4.8, z-ai/glm-5.3-flash).

Claude Opus 4.8 vs GLM-5.3-Flash

Side-by-side pricing per provider, context window, benchmark scores and speed, all on one OpenAI-compatible API.

Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropicanthropic/claude-opus-4.8

GLM-5.3-Flash Z.aiz-ai/glm-5.3-flash

Creator

Anthropic

Z.ai

Released

May 27, 2026

Aug 26, 2026

Context window

1.31M

Max output

128K

131K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$5.00

$0.07$0.07–$0.15 across 5

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$25.00

$0.25$0.25–$0.50 across 5

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

41.8

CodingArtificial Analysis index

74.3

71.5

LatencyMedian time to first token

19s

—

ThroughputMedian tokens per second

<1 t/s

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Accepts

Text, Image, Files

Text, Image, Video

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

Claude Opus 4.8 vs GLM-5.3-Flash: summary

Claude Opus 4.8 and GLM-5.3-Flash are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

Claude Opus 4.8, from Anthropic, has a 1,000,000-token context window, costs from $5.00/1M input and $25.00/1M output tokens across 3 providers and scores 41.8 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

GLM-5.3-Flash, from Z.ai, has a 1,310,720-token context window, costs from $0.07/1M input and $0.25/1M output tokens across 5 providers and scores 41.8 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

GLM-5.3-Flash is the cheapest on input, 71× cheaper than the next model, GLM-5.3-Flash has the largest context window and Claude Opus 4.8 leads on coding.

Switch with one line

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.fastrouter.ai/api/v1", api_key="<FASTROUTER_API_KEY>") client.chat.completions.create(model="anthropic/claude-opus-4.8", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="z-ai/glm-5.3-flash", messages=[...])

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Benchmark scores sourced from ArtificialAnalysis