GLM 5 Turbo by Z.AI (Zhipu AI) is a foundation model deeply optimized for OpenClaw agent scenarios, thinking mode, MCP tool integration, and long-chain execution.
Capabilities, design details, and architectural traits
GLM 5 Turbo is a foundation model by Z.AI (Zhipu AI) built from the ground up for OpenClaw agent scenarios. Unlike general-purpose LLMs, its training data construction and optimization objectives were systematically designed around real-world agent workflows — not retrofitted post-training.
GLM 5 Turbo enhances four capabilities that are critical to OpenClaw execution: precise tool invocation (multi-step stability, no failures), complex instruction decomposition (multi-layered and long-chain instructions with step planning), time-aware persistent task handling (scheduled triggers and uninterrupted long tasks), and high-throughput long-chain execution (optimized for high data throughput across extended logical chains).
Z.AI released GLM 5 Turbo to serve the expanding OpenClaw ecosystem, where skill usage grew from 26% to 45% — signaling an industry shift toward modular, skill-driven agent workflows that demanded a model optimized natively for that environment rather than adapted from general-purpose training.
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| Model Details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| General Info | |||
| Provider | Z AI | Anthropic | Anthropic |
| Release Date | March 15, 2026 | July 24, 2026 | June 9, 2026 |
| Knowledge Cutoff | - | May 2026 | - |
| Context & Limits | |||
| Context Window | 262K | 1M Best Context Window | 1M Best Context Window |
| Pricing (per 1M tokens) | |||
| Input Pricing | Free Best Input Pricing | $5 | $10 |
| Output Pricing | Free Best Output Pricing | $25 | $50 |
| Modalities | |||
| Inputs | text | textimage | textimagefile |
| Outputs | text | text | text |
| Benchmarks (0-100) | |||
| Intelligence Index | 39.1 | 63.1 Best Intelligence Index | 62.1 |
| Coding Index | - | 78.0 Best Coding Index | 76.5 |
| Agentic Index | - | 59.2 Best Agentic Index | 56.6 |
Graduate-level reasoning and expert Q&A evaluation.
Extremely difficult logical reasoning and knowledge.
Logical reasoning over long context windows.
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