Which is cheaper, Grok 4.5 and GLM-5.3-Flash?

GLM-5.3-Flash has the lowest input price. Per 1M input tokens: Grok 4.5 from $2.00 and GLM-5.3-Flash from $0.07.

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

GLM-5.3-Flash has the largest context window: Grok 4.5 500,000 tokens and GLM-5.3-Flash 1,310,720 tokens.

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

Grok 4.5 scores highest on the Artificial Analysis Coding Index: Grok 4.5 72.4 and GLM-5.3-Flash 71.5.

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

Grok 4.5 vs GLM-5.3-Flash

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

Creator

xAI

Z.ai

Released

Jul 8, 2026

Aug 26, 2026

Context window

500K

1.31M

Max output

500K

131K

Input / 1MLowest provider price

$2.00

$0.07$0.07–$0.15 across 5

Output / 1MLowest provider price

$6.00

$0.25$0.25–$0.50 across 5

Providers

IntelligenceArtificial Analysis index

38.8

41.8

CodingArtificial Analysis index

72.4

71.5

LatencyMedian time to first token

81s

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ThroughputMedian tokens per second

<1 t/s

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Accepts

Text, Image

Text, Image, Video

Produces

Text

Tool calling

Yes

Structured output

Yes

Reasoning

Yes

Grok 4.5 vs GLM-5.3-Flash: summary

Grok 4.5 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.

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-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, 29× cheaper than the next model, GLM-5.3-Flash has the largest context window, GLM-5.3-Flash scores highest for intelligence and Grok 4.5 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-flash", messages=[...])

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Benchmark scores sourced from ArtificialAnalysis