Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark
Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo vs OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)
Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.
Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.
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| Metric | Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo | OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | z-ai | openai |
| Context Window | 202,752 | 4,095 |
| Input Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.9600 | $1.00 |
| Output Cost / 1M Tokens | $3.20 | $2.00 |
| Projected Monthly Cost | $307 | $240 |
| Vision | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Tool Calling | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Structured Output | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Reasoning | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Web Search | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| MMLU Score | N/A | N/A |
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Z.ai: GLM 5 Turbo
$307
per month
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)
$240
per month
Lower costLive Recommendation
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.
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