Which is cheaper, Grok 4.5 and GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: Grok 4.5 from $2.00 and GLM-5.3 from $0.56.

Which has the larger context window, Grok 4.5 and GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 has the largest context window: Grok 4.5 500,000 tokens and GLM-5.3 1,048,576 tokens.

Which is better for coding, Grok 4.5 and GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 scores highest on the Artificial Analysis Coding Index: Grok 4.5 72.4 and GLM-5.3 74.8.

Can I switch between Grok 4.5 and GLM-5.3 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 (x-ai/grok-4.5, z-ai/glm-5.3).

Grok 4.5 vs GLM-5.3

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

Grok 4.5 xAIx-ai/grok-4.5

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

Creator

xAI

Z.ai

Released

Jul 8, 2026

Aug 18, 2026

Context window

500K

1.05M

Max output

500K

131K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$2.00

$0.56$0.56–$1.40 across 5

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$6.00

$2.50$2.50–$4.40 across 5

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

38.8

44.8

CodingArtificial Analysis index

72.4

74.8

LatencyMedian time to first token

81s

—

ThroughputMedian tokens per second

<1 t/s

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Accepts

Text, Image

Text

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

Grok 4.5 vs GLM-5.3: summary

Grok 4.5 and GLM-5.3 are both available through FastRouter's OpenAI-compatible API, so switching between them is a change of model id, not a new integration.

Grok 4.5, from xAI, has a 500,000-token context window, costs $2.00/1M input and $6.00/1M output tokens and scores 38.8 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

GLM-5.3, from Z.ai, has a 1,048,576-token context window, costs from $0.56/1M input and $2.50/1M output tokens across 5 providers and scores 44.8 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.

GLM-5.3 is the cheapest on input, 3.6× cheaper than the next model, GLM-5.3 has the largest context window, GLM-5.3 scores highest for intelligence and GLM-5.3 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="x-ai/grok-4.5", messages=[...]) # or client.chat.completions.create(model="z-ai/glm-5.3", messages=[...])

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