Glimpse vs GLM 5V Turbo
Glimpse costs 1.3x less per output token than GLM 5V Turbo ($3.00 vs $4.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $3.00
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $4.00
Glimpse or GLM 5V Turbo: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Glimpse for output tokens 1.3x cheaper ($3.00 vs $4.00 per million) and a larger context window (262K against 203K tokens).
No benchmark has tested both yet. Glimpse has none yet; GLM 5V Turbo on LMArena WebDev, Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) and LMArena Text: coding. Compare them on price and context instead.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only GLM 5V Turbo has a AA Intelligence Index result, 23.5.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only GLM 5V Turbo has a Design Arena: websites result, 1230.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Glimpse
Glimpse takes 262K tokens against 203K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Glimpse
Glimpse $0.0021, GLM 5V Turbo $0.0032 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Glimpse not benchmarked, GLM 5V Turbo not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- Glimpse $3.00 against GLM 5V Turbo $4.00 per million output tokens, 1.3x apart.
- Context window
- Glimpse takes 262K tokens, GLM 5V Turbo 203K.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index7 boards measured
| Benchmark | Glimpse | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1402 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 32.6% | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1466 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1460 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1386 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1356 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1425 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 32 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | Glimpse | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 23.5 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards measured
| Benchmark | Glimpse | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1124 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1149 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1134 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1267 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 957 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1102 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1120 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1152 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 98.5% | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 32 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards measured
| Benchmark | Glimpse | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 80.9% | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 17.1% | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1443 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1453 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1456 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1286 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1273 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | Glimpse | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1442 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1447 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards measured
| Benchmark | Glimpse | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1448 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1433 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1436 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1435 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards measured
| Benchmark | Glimpse | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1230 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1213 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1219 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1202 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1209 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1228 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1151 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1117 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index27 boards measured
| Benchmark | Glimpse | GLM 5V Turbo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | Not measured | 61.1% | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 70.3% | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1437 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1423 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1417 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1264 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1454 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1420 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1491 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1422 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1397 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1443 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1452 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1432 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1432 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1431 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1438 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1420 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1407 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1274 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1329 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1270 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1268 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | Not measured | 1264 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | Not measured | 1241 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1252 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| LMArena Document | Not measured | 1416 | Only GLM 5V Turbo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Glimpse costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Glimpse costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Glimpse costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Elorian Glimpse | Z.ai GLM 5V Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Elorian | Z.ai |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | October 17, 2026 | April 1, 2026 |
| Context window | 262K | 203K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.60 | $1.20 |
| Output $/Mtok | $3.00 | $4.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Glimpse better than GLM 5V Turbo for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Glimpse for output tokens 1.3x cheaper ($3.00 vs $4.00 per million) and a larger context window (262K against 203K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Glimpse or GLM 5V Turbo?
Glimpse costs $0.60 per million input tokens and $3.00 per million output tokens; GLM 5V Turbo costs $1.20 and $4.00. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Glimpse or GLM 5V Turbo?
Glimpse, with 262K tokens against 203K.
Has any benchmark tested both Glimpse and GLM 5V Turbo?
No benchmark has tested both yet. Glimpse has none yet; GLM 5V Turbo on LMArena WebDev, Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) and LMArena Text: coding. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 21, 2026.