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Claude Opus 5.5 vs GLM 5.3 Flash

For a typical chat reply (2,000 tokens in, 400 out), Claude Opus 5.5 costs 32× as much as GLM 5.3 Flash: $16.00 against $0.50 per 1,000 requests at list price on 2026-09-28.

Claude Opus 5.5GLM 5.3 Flash
Input, per 1M tokens$4.00$0.15
Output, per 1M tokens$20.00$0.50
Context window1M1.31M
Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out), per 1,000$2.60$0.095
Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out), per 1,000$16.00$0.50
Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out), per 1,000$42.00$1.45
Confidence signalnoyes
Tool callingyesyes
BANKING77, correct of 400354320

Which one should carry your traffic?

If GLM 5.3 Flash answers your requests as well as Claude Opus 5.5, moving that traffic saves 97% on chat-shaped requests. Averages cannot tell you whether it does for your requests. GLM 5.3 Flash exposes a confidence signal, so Gimbix can let it answer first and hand unsure cases to Claude Opus 5.5.

Claude Opus 5.5 profile · GLM 5.3 Flash profile · Measure it on your traffic