AI model comparison

GLM 5.3 Flash vs gpt-oss-120b

Side by side comparison of GLM 5.3 Flash and gpt-oss-120b on pricing, benchmark scores, context window, and more.

GLM-5.3-Flash is a native multimodal model from Z.ai. It is suited for efficient coding and long-horizon agent tasks.

Input / 1M
$0.15
Output / 1M
$0.50
Context
1.05M

gpt-oss-120b is an open-weight, 117B-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model from OpenAI designed for high-reasoning, agentic, and general-purpose production use cases.

Input / 1M
$0.15
Output / 1M
$0.60
Context
131K

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At a glance

Quick verdict

How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.

Lower price

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GLM 5.3 Flash

1.1x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

Not available

Not enough benchmark data

Larger context window

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GLM 5.3 Flash

1.05M vs 131K tokens

Newer release

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GLM 5.3 Flash

Released August 26, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

z-ai logoGLM 5.3 FlashNot available
openai logogpt-oss-120bNot available

Coding index

z-ai logoGLM 5.3 Flash71.5
openai logogpt-oss-120b30.4

Agentic index

z-ai logoGLM 5.3 Flash50.9
openai logogpt-oss-120b3.7

Pricing

GLM 5.3 Flash vs gpt-oss-120b API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metricz-ai logoGLM 5.3 Flashopenai logogpt-oss-120b
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$0.15$0.15
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$0.50$0.60
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens$0.03$0.08
Cache writePer 1M tokensNot availableNot available

What it costs in practice

Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.

Chat message

2K in, 500 out

z-ai logoGLM 5.3 Flash$0.55
openai logogpt-oss-120b$0.60

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

z-ai logoGLM 5.3 Flash$6.50$2.90 cached
openai logogpt-oss-120b$6.90$4.65 cached

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

z-ai logoGLM 5.3 Flash$23.50$5.50 cached
openai logogpt-oss-120b$23.70$12.45 cached

Specs

Context window and capabilities

How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.

Metricz-ai logoGLM 5.3 Flashopenai logogpt-oss-120b
Context window1.05M tokens131K tokens
Max output944K tokens66K tokens
Input typesImage, Text, VideoText
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsMax, High, LowHigh, Medium, Low
Default reasoning effortMaxMedium
Release dateAugust 26, 2026August 5, 2025

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metricz-ai logoGLM 5.3 Flashopenai logogpt-oss-120b
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputsSupportedSupported
JSON modeSupportedSupported
ReasoningSupportedSupported
TemperatureSupportedSupported
Stop sequencesSupportedSupported
Deterministic seedSupportedSupported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

Our take

GLM 5.3 Flash is 1.1x cheaper for a typical chat. GLM 5.3 Flash has the larger context window (1.05M vs 131K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM 5.3 Flash or gpt-oss-120b cheaper?

GLM 5.3 Flash is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). GLM 5.3 Flash costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.50 per 1M output tokens, while gpt-oss-120b costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.60 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, GLM 5.3 Flash or gpt-oss-120b?

GLM 5.3 Flash supports up to 1.05M tokens of context, compared with 131K for gpt-oss-120b.

Can I use GLM 5.3 Flash and gpt-oss-120b at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see GLM 5.3 Flash and gpt-oss-120b answer side by side and keep the better response.

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Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to GLM 5.3 Flash and gpt-oss-120b at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.