Inkling vs GLM-5.3

rates, context and capabilities side by side on the impossibl api, and what the same workload costs on each.

the models at a glance: base rates, context window and modalities
specificationInkling

thinkingmachines/inkling

GLM-5.3

zai/glm-5.3

input · usd / 1m tok$1.87$1.40
output · usd / 1m tok$4.68$4.40
context window65.54ktokens1mtokens
modalities · in → out

takes text and image in, gives text out

takes text in, gives text out

pricing

base api rates by model
base api rates · usd per 1m tokensInkling

thinkingmachines/inkling

GLM-5.3

zai/glm-5.3

input$1.87$1.40
output$4.68$4.40
cache read$0.374$0.26

the estimate below prices one workload at these rates on every model.

specifications

published specifications by model
as publishedInkling

thinkingmachines/inkling

GLM-5.3

zai/glm-5.3

creatorThinking MachinesZ.AI
model typeText generationText generation
context window65,536tokens1,000,000tokens
input

takes text and image in, gives text out

takes text in, gives text out

outputtexttext
tool callingnot verifiednot verified
releasedjul 15, 2026aug 14, 2026
endpoint/v1/chat/completions/v1/chat/completions

unknown means the public catalog does not establish that fact. a model's documented capabilities can differ from what a particular api supports. see the model documentation for integration details.

benchmarks

benchmark scores by model, primary tested configuration
primary configurationInkling

thinkingmachines/inkling

xhigh

GLM-5.3

zai/glm-5.3

intelligence index · gateway rank25.0#65 of 11344.8#18 of 113
coding index52.1#44 of 6674.8#14 of 66
agentic index22.5#34 of 5453.1#5 of 54
omniscience2.0#36 of 90not measured
gpqa87.2%#36 of 82
not measured
humanity’s last exam31.9%#46 of 93
not measured
aa-lcr77.3%
not measured
mmmu-pro73.5%
not measured
scicode47.0%
not measured
tau banking29.1%
not measured
analystagent23.8%
not measured
gdp.pdf all-pass12.8%
not measured
multilingual lcr6.1%
not measured
critpt5.4%
not measured
automationbench partial5.0%
not measured
harvey lab0.0%
not measured

Inkling source ↗GLM-5.3 source ↗

each column describes the tested configuration named under the model; performance and costs can differ on impossibl. a score one model was not measured on is left blank rather than scored zero. indices are ranked against every model on the gateway with one. last checked 2026-10-21.

estimate your cost

one token workload, priced on every model at the published rates, in usd. change the numbers to match yours.

token workload

total input, including cached tokens

include billable reasoning tokens

the same token usage in each request

a subset of total input, never additional tokens

Inkling

thinkingmachines/inkling

estimated usage cost

$4.21

1,000 requests × (1,000 uncached input × $1.87 + 500 output × $4.68) / 1,000,000 = $4.21

base rates; no context pricing tiers are published.

GLM-5.3

zai/glm-5.3

estimated usage cost

$3.60

1,000 requests × (1,000 uncached input × $1.40 + 500 output × $4.40) / 1,000,000 = $3.60

base rates; no context pricing tiers are published.

estimates use published impossibl api usage rates. configured billing adjustments, funding fees, taxes, and custom workspace rates are excluded and may change the final amount.

image and audio usage, cache creation, and additional tool charges are excluded. reasoning tokens count as billable output, even when they are not visible in the response.

summary

Inkling and GLM-5.3 are available through the Impossibl API. they share the /v1/chat/completions endpoint; the model identifier selects the model for a request.

Inkling is created by Thinking Machines. It has a 65,536-token context window. Base API pricing (USD): $1.87 per million input tokens; $4.68 per million output tokens.

GLM-5.3 is created by Z.AI. It has a 1,000,000-token context window. Base API pricing (USD): $1.40 per million input tokens; $4.40 per million output tokens.

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