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Tencent: GLM-5.3 FlashX (Tencent Cloud)

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GLM-5.3 FlashX (Tencent Cloud) is a reasoning model from Tencent released on Sep 18, 2026. It reads text and images and writes text, with a 1M token context window and up to 131K tokens per reply.

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It costs $0.37 per million input tokens and $1.25 per million output tokens. Cached input bills at $0.075, 80% less than fresh input.

It supports tool calling, structured JSON output and prompt caching.

Modalities
In / out price
$0.37 / $1.25 per 1M
Context
1M
Max output
131K
Released
Sep 18, 2026
Knowledge cutoff
n/a
  • Tool calling
  • Structured output
  • Reasoning
  • Prompt caching
  • Open weights
  • Free to use

GLM-5.3 FlashX (Tencent Cloud) pricing

USD, as listed on Oct 29, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.

Input$0.37 / 1M tokens
Output$1.25 / 1M tokens
Cached input (read)$0.075 / 1M tokens

What GLM-5.3 FlashX (Tencent Cloud) costs per month

Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.

GLM-5.3 FlashX (Tencent Cloud) per month
$27.60
Without caching
$40.88
Per request
$0.0009

Supported request parameters

What you can set when you call GLM-5.3 FlashX (Tencent Cloud) through an OpenAI compatible API.

  • Toolstools
  • Structured outputsstructured_outputs
  • Reasoningreasoning
  • Temperaturetemperature

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GLM-5.3 FlashX (Tencent Cloud) questions

How much does the GLM-5.3 FlashX (Tencent Cloud) API cost?

$0.37 per million input tokens and $1.25 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.075. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.

What is the context window of GLM-5.3 FlashX (Tencent Cloud)?

1,000,000 tokens of input, and it can write up to 131,072 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.

Does GLM-5.3 FlashX (Tencent Cloud) support tool calling?

Yes. It accepts tool definitions and can return JSON that matches a schema, which is what an agent needs to call your APIs.

Is GLM-5.3 FlashX (Tencent Cloud) open source?

No. Tencent serves it through an API only, so you cannot download the weights or host it yourself.

When was GLM-5.3 FlashX (Tencent Cloud) released?

Sep 18, 2026.

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