GLM-5V-Turbo vs o3-mini
Prices checked
GLM-5V-Turbo takes 3 of 5 rounds against o3-mini. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $1.38 per million tokens against $1.74.
Z.aiWins 3 roundsGLM-5V-Turbo
200k context · tool calling · reads images
$1.38/M tokensCheapest price, at Zhipu AI (China) · $0.65 per 1,000 pages
OpenAIo3-mini
200k context · tool calling
$1.74/M tokensCheapest price, at Poe · $0.83 per 1,000 pages
Maker's price in (lower wins)
$1.20/M
$1.10/M
Maker's price out (lower wins)
$4/M
$4.40/M
Cheapest price (lower wins)
$1.38/M at Zhipu AI (China)
$1.74/M at Poe
Maker's price, blended (lower wins)
$1.90/M
$1.93/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.65
$0.83
Context
200k tokens
200k tokens
Open weights
no
no
Tool calling
yes
yes
Structured output
not published
yes
Reads images
yes
no
Reasoning
yes
yes
Released
1 Apr 2026
20 Dec 2024
Providers selling it
22
16
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not published
not published
Providers selling both · 4
Jiekou$1.90 / $1.83
Eden AI$1.90 / $1.93
NanoGPT$1.90 / $1.93
Vercel AI Gateway$1.90 / $1.93
GLM-5V-Turbo, then o3-mini, per million tokens.
Go further
Add a third or fourth model, or change the weighting, in the tool.
What moved this week
AI/ML API · 23% cheaper ·
$1.20 / $4 $1.56 / $5.20
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, GLM-5V-Turbo or o3-mini?
- GLM-5V-Turbo, at $1.38 per million tokens against $1.74 for o3-mini, blended 3 in : 1 out, read on 31 Oct 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- GLM-5V-Turbo: $1.38 at Zhipu AI (China). o3-mini: $1.74 at Poe.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 4 providers sell both: Jiekou, Eden AI, NanoGPT, Vercel AI Gateway. The cheapest of them for the two together is Jiekou.
- Which holds more context?
- Both hold 200k tokens in one call.
Prices exclude tax, read 31 Oct 2026 from each provider's own catalog. They are per M tokens, blended 3 in : 1 out, and a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.
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