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Phi 4 vs GLM 5.3 Flash

For a typical chat reply (2,000 tokens in, 400 out), GLM 5.3 Flash costs 2.6× as much as Phi 4: $0.50 against $0.196 per 1,000 requests at list price on 2026-09-28.

Phi 4GLM 5.3 Flash
Input, per 1M tokens$0.07$0.15
Output, per 1M tokens$0.14$0.50
Context window16K1.31M
Classification or routing (600 tokens in, 10 out), per 1,000$0.0434$0.095
Chat reply (2,000 in, 400 out), per 1,000$0.196$0.50
Retrieval-augmented answer (8,000 in, 500 out), per 1,000$0.63$1.45
Confidence signalnoyes
Tool callingnoyes
BANKING77, correct of 400not measured320

Which one should carry your traffic?

If Phi 4 answers your requests as well as GLM 5.3 Flash, moving that traffic saves 61% on chat-shaped requests. Averages cannot tell you whether it does for your requests. Phi 4 does not expose a confidence signal through OpenRouter, so Gimbix would test it as a full replacement rather than a first answer.

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