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GLM 5.3 released with mandatory reasoning, offering improved accuracy and lower costs

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GLM 5.3, a retrained version of GLM 5.2, has been released with updated post-training improvements. It maintains the same token pricing as its predecessor but now enforces a maximum "reasoning effort" setting, meaning users can no longer disable the model's thinking process. This change results in improved accuracy, with GLM 5.3 achieving a perfect score on tested tasks at a lower cost per correct answer compared to GLM 5.2. A new, smaller variant, GLM 5.3 Flash, is also available at a significantly reduced price point and offers multimodal capabilities. AI

IMPACT This release offers improved accuracy and cost-effectiveness for AI tasks, potentially influencing pricing and performance benchmarks in the LLM market.

RANK_REASON New model release from a frontier lab. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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GLM 5.3 released with mandatory reasoning, offering improved accuracy and lower costs

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · synthorai ·

    GLM 5.3 API Cost: Always Thinking, 2.5x Cheaper per Answer Than 5.2

    <p><a href="https://synthorai.io/models/glm-5-3/" rel="noopener noreferrer">GLM 5.3</a> costs the same $1.40 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output as <a href="https://synthorai.io/models/glm-5-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer">GLM 5.2</a>, and it no longer lets you tu…

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