GLM 5 Turbo
Shares rank 54 of 72 language models by recommenders
People recommend it for everyday agentic work and low cost per use, but one critic says it still gives wrong answers even when asked if it is sure.
People recommend it for everyday agentic work and low cost per use, but one critic says it still gives wrong answers even when asked if it is sure.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 90%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 9 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Low cost for everyday use
“I use GLM 5 Turbo sporadically for a client, and my Openrouter expense might climb over a dollar per day if I insist. At about 20 work days per month it's an easy choice.”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “GLM-5.1: Towards Long-Horizon Tasks” “token cost and availability at work”
Comment from 28 Sep 2026 in “Ask HN: Which model do you use for work?” Preferred over other models
“GLM5.1, GLM5-Turbo and GLM5v are at this point better than Opus, Codex, Gemini”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “GLM-5.1: Towards Long-Horizon Tasks” “I’ve been using GLM-5 and GLM-5-Turbo almost exclusively lately.”
Comment from 27 Mar 2026 in “GLM-5.1 Released”
Other language models people recommend
The four most recommended other language models, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus | 3,331 | 2,746 | 55% | 13 | 4 mo156 owners | — |
| OpenAI GPT | 1,205 | 987 | 55% | 13 | 6 mo47 owners | — |
| Claude Sonnet | 854 | 586 | 59% | 13 | 6 mo46 owners | — |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 828 | 223 | 79% | 8 | 1 mo24 owners | Approved |
| GLM 5 TurboThis page | 9 | 1 | 90% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“token cost and availability at work”
“GLM 5 Turbo still got it wrong even when asked if it was sure.”
“Turbo makes a huge difference in everyday use because it saves you time”
“GLM5.1, GLM5-Turbo and GLM5v are at this point better than Opus, Codex, Gemini”
“I use GLM 5 Turbo sporadically for a client, and my Openrouter expense might climb over a dollar per day if I insist. At about 20 work days per month it's an easy choice.”
“was the only one optimized for agentic OpenClaw workflows”
“This has also been my subjective experience”
“I’ve been using GLM-5 and GLM-5-Turbo almost exclusively lately.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.