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Reasoning · 1 checks · max 800 tokens · benched 2026-09-16

GLM 5.3 vs GLM 5.2 vs GLM 5.3 Flash on stacked discounts and tax

Z Ai models side by side on "Stacked discounts and tax": GLM 5.3 Flash scores 10/10; GLM 5.3 Flash is the cheapest answer scoring 8+ at $0.01 per 1,000 runs. Outputs, checks, judge reasons, latency and cost.

The prompt every model received

System

Think carefully, then give only the final answer in the requested format.

User

An item costs $250.00. A 20% discount is applied, then a $15.00 coupon is subtracted, and finally 8% sales tax is added to the resulting amount. What is the final price? Reply with only the amount in dollars to two decimal places, for example 12.34, with no currency symbol.

Rubric for the judge: The single correct answer 199.80 (250 x 0.8 = 200; 200 - 15 = 185; 185 x 1.08).

Side by side

Every cell is one OpenRouter call at temperature 0 with the prompt's token cap and reasoning effort "low" where the model supports it. Cost is usage × the catalogue rate in models.json. Quality is one judge call to anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 against the prompt's rubric, cached per prompt version.

GLM 5.3

z-ai/glm-5.3

10/10
Latency
290ms
Cost
$0.00024
Per 1,000
$0.24

98 in · 24 out (19 reasoning) · 1 words · checks 1/1

  • exact
199.80

Judge: The output matches the correct answer of 199.80 in the exact format requested (two decimal places, no currency symbol).

GLM 5.2

z-ai/glm-5.2

10/10
Latency
596ms
Cost
$0.00038
Per 1,000
$0.38

98 in · 160 out (102 reasoning) · 1 words · checks 1/1

  • exact
199.80

Judge: The output matches the correct answer of 199.80 in the exact format requested (two decimal places, no currency symbol).

GLM 5.3 Flash

z-ai/glm-5.3-flash

10/10
top judge scorecheapest scoring 8+
Latency
631ms
Cost
$1.3e-5
Per 1,000
$0.01

98 in · 24 out (8 reasoning) · 1 words · checks 1/1

  • exact
199.80

Judge: The output matches the correct answer of 199.80 in the exact format requested (two decimal places, no currency symbol).

Frequently asked

What does this prompt test?

Reasoning: The single correct answer 199.80 (250 x 0.8 = 200; 200 - 15 = 185; 185 x 1.08). The deterministic checks are exact.

Which model should I pick for this task?

If the judge's bar of 8/10 is good enough for you, GLM 5.3 Flash at $0.01 per 1,000 runs. If you need the top score, GLM 5.3 Flash at $0.01 per 1,000 runs.

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