Tool call · 5 checks · max 400 tokens · benched 2026-09-16
Z Ai models side by side on "Emit a weather tool call": GLM 5.3 Flash scores 10/10; GLM 5.3 Flash is the cheapest answer scoring 8+ at $0.02 per 1,000 runs. Outputs, checks, judge reasons, latency and cost.
System
You are a function-calling engine. Reply with JSON only, no prose, no code fences.
User
You have one tool:
{"name": "get_weather", "parameters": {"city": "string", "unit": "one of 'c' or 'f'"}}
Produce the tool call for this user message as a JSON object of the shape {"name": string, "arguments": object}.
User: What's it like in Lisbon right now? Fahrenheit please.Rubric for the judge: Exactly {"name":"get_weather","arguments":{"city":"Lisbon","unit":"f"}} with no extra keys or text.
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.
z-ai/glm-5.3
110 in · 26 out · 7 words · checks 5/5
{"name": "get_weather", "arguments": {"city": "Lisbon", "unit": "f"}}Judge: Output exactly matches the required format with correct tool name, city, and unit parameters, no extra keys or commentary.
z-ai/glm-5.2
110 in · 43 out (17 reasoning) · 7 words · checks 5/5
{"name": "get_weather", "arguments": {"city": "Lisbon", "unit": "f"}}Judge: Output exactly matches the required format with correct tool name, city, and unit parameters, no extra keys or commentary.
z-ai/glm-5.3-flash
110 in · 26 out · 7 words · checks 5/5
{"name": "get_weather", "arguments": {"city": "Lisbon", "unit": "f"}}Judge: Output exactly matches the required format with correct tool name, city, and unit parameters, no extra keys or commentary.
Tool call: Exactly {"name":"get_weather","arguments":{"city":"Lisbon","unit":"f"}} with no extra keys or text. The deterministic checks are json_valid, json_keys, regex, regex, regex.
If the judge's bar of 8/10 is good enough for you, GLM 5.3 Flash at $0.02 per 1,000 runs. If you need the top score, GLM 5.3 Flash at $0.02 per 1,000 runs.
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