Thinking Machines Inkling vs Z.ai GLM 5V Turbo
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Both cost about the same at a typical 3:1 input/output mix.
- Inkling accepts longer prompts: 524K vs 203K tokens.
- GLM 5V Turbo's best provider was more reliable over 24 h: 99.81% vs 98.6%.
- Inkling is the newer model (released 2026-07-17).
| Inkling | GLM 5V Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Thinking Machines | Z.ai |
| Released | 2026-07-17 | 2026-04-01 |
| Input / 1M | $1.00 | $1.20 |
| Output / 1M | $4.05 | $4.00 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.17 | $0.24 |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $1.76 | $1.90 |
| Context | 524K | 203K |
| Max output | 472K | 131K |
| Accepts | text, image, audio | text, image, video |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 1 | 1 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $4.05 | $4.00 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 98.6% | 99.81% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | — | — |
Cost calculator
Inkling
$121 per month$4.03 per day
GLM 5V Turbo
$132 per month$4.40 per day
Inkling saves $11.25 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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