GLM-5V-Turbo
Z.aiProprietary
GLM-5V-Turbo is a vision-language model from Z.ai. It ranks 50 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1264±5 from 42,757 votes. Its best category is Captioning (#9 of 34). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- Z.ai
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
Who it suits
- Overall #50 of 167: upper half.
- Strongest category: Captioning (#9 of 34).
- Proprietary; used through Z.ai’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 |  GPT-5.2 Chat (20260210) OpenAI | 1268 | 16,465 | Proprietary | +4 |
| 48 |  Gemini 3 Flash (Minimal) Google | 1266 | 37,173 | Proprietary | +2 |
| 49 | SStep 5 Preview StepFun | 1265 | 1,649 | Proprietary | +1 |
| 50 | GLM-5V-Turbo Z.ai | 1264 | 42,757 | Proprietary | |
| 51 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Google | 1263 | 88,755 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 52 |  Grok 4.6 (High) xAI | 1263 | 7,261 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 53 |  MiMo-V2.6-Pro Xiaomi | 1263 | 1,754 | MIT | -1 |
Alternatives · More from Z.ai
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 113 | GLM-4.6V Z.ai | 1164 | 2,455 | MIT |
| 118 | GLM-4.5V Z.ai | 1154 | 3,243 | MIT |
| 163 | CogVLM2 Llama3 Chat 19B Z.ai | 928 | 1,991 | CogVLM2 |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does GLM-5V-Turbo rank among vision models?
Overall rank 50 (1264); OCR rank 53 (1270); Diagrams rank 44 (1286); Homework rank 61 (1273); Captioning rank 9 (1264); Entity recognition rank 22 (1241); Creative writing rank 53 (1252); Humor rank 38 (1268); English rank 43 (1274); Chinese rank 34 (1329) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is GLM-5V-Turbo at OCR?
GLM-5V-Turbo ranks 53 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1270 (30,138 votes).
Is GLM-5V-Turbo better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #34 of 128 (1329); English board: #43 of 167 (1274). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is GLM-5V-Turbo open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through Z.ai’s apps or API.
How far is GLM-5V-Turbo from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); GLM-5V-Turbo has 1264, 61 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.