GLM-5.3 Flash gives 6x more tokens per dollar than Gemini 3.8 Flash in real test
MaziyarPanahi · x · 2026-09-04
A developer measured "intelligence per dollar" on OpenRouter: GLM-5.3 Flash offers 30M tokens for $1 with an Intelligence Index of 57, while Gemini 3.8 Flash scores 59 but only 5M tokens for the same dollar. Same cap, 96% cached. His takeaway: GLM trails by 2 points yet delivers 6× the tokens — "cheap intelligence is getting ridiculous."
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