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GLM 5 Turbo

GLM 5 Turbo is the speed-optimized variant of Z.ai's GLM-5, released March 15, 2026. It trades some reasoning depth for faster throughput and lower latency while retaining GLM-5's multiple thinking modes and agentic capabilities.

ReasoningTool UseImplicit Caching
index.ts
import { streamText } from 'ai'
const result = streamText({
model: 'zai/glm-5-turbo',
prompt: 'Why is the sky blue?'
})

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Provider
Context
Latency
Throughput
Input
Output
Cache
Web Search
Per Query
Capabilities
ZDR
No Training
Release Date
Z.ai
203K
4.7s
46tps
$1.20/M$4.00/M
Read:$0.24/M
Write:
+1
03/15/2026