Morph V3 Fast vs Palmyra X5 vs GLM-4.5V
Too close to call on our weighted score (GLM-4.5V 48, Palmyra X5 47, Morph V3 Fast 32). The right pick depends on what you value most.
Morph
Morph V3 Fast
32/100- ECI—
- Price$0.80 / $1.20
- Context262K
Writer
Palmyra X5
47/100- ECI—
- Price$0.60 / $6.00
- Context1M
Z.ai (Zhipu)GLM-4.5V
48/100- ECI—
- Price$0.60 / $1.80
- Context64K
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 1 points (GLM-4.5V 48/100, Palmyra X5 47/100, Morph V3 Fast 32/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Morph V3 Fast on price and Palmyra X5 for long inputs. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceMorph V3 Fast and GLM-4.5VMorph V3 Fast $0.90 · GLM-4.5V $0.90 · Palmyra X5 $1.95 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextPalmyra X5Palmyra X5 1,000,000 · Morph V3 Fast 262,144 · GLM-4.5V 64,000 tokens
- Widest inputsGLM-4.5VMorph V3 Fast: Text · Palmyra X5: Text, Images · GLM-4.5V: Text, Images, Video
- Self-hostingGLM-4.5VPublishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | Morph V3 Fast | Palmyra X5 | GLM-4.5V |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 50% | 50 | 35 | 50 |
| Inputs & features | 30% | 0 | 60 | 70 |
| Context window | 20% | 37 | 60 | 12 |
| Overall | 100% | 32/100 | 47/100 | 48/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Morph V3 FastMorph | Palmyra X5Writer | GLM-4.5VZ.ai (Zhipu) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.80 | $0.60 (best) | $0.60 (best) |
| Output | $1.20 (best) | $6.00 | $1.80 |
| Cached input | — | — | $0.11 |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.90 (best) | $1.95 | $0.90 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Median of 5 providers | Median of 4 providers | Official Z.AI API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens (best) | 64,000 tokens |
| Max output | 131,072 tokens (best) | 8,192 tokens | 16,384 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | Yes |
| Reasoning | No | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | No | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Open |
| API model ID | — | — | glm-4.5v |
| API providers | 5 | 4 | 17 (best) |
| Released | Jul 7, 2025 | Apr 28, 2025 | Aug 11, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | Apr 2025 |
What would a month cost?
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- Morph V3 Fast$10.40
- Palmyra X5$18.00
- GLM-4.5V$9.60
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Morph V3 Fast, Palmyra X5 or GLM-4.5V?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within 1 points (GLM-4.5V 48/100, Palmyra X5 47/100, Morph V3 Fast 32/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Morph V3 Fast on price and Palmyra X5 for long inputs. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Morph V3 Fast, Palmyra X5 or GLM-4.5V?
Morph V3 Fast is cheaper at $0.80 input / $1.20 output per million tokens (median across 5 API providers). GLM-4.5V costs $0.60 input / $1.80 output per million tokens (official Z.AI API price); Palmyra X5 costs $0.60 input / $6.00 output per million tokens (median across 4 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.90 per million tokens for Morph V3 Fast versus $0.90 for GLM-4.5V (1× as much) and $1.95 for Palmyra X5 (2.2× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Morph V3 Fast has not been scored yet, Palmyra X5 has not been scored yet and GLM-4.5V has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Morph V3 Fast, Palmyra X5 and GLM-4.5V yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Morph V3 Fast does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Palmyra X5 has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 262,144 for Morph V3 Fast and 64,000 for GLM-4.5V. Maximum output per response: Morph V3 Fast up to 131,072, Palmyra X5 up to 8,192, GLM-4.5V up to 16,384 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Morph V3 Fast accepts text; Palmyra X5 accepts text and images; GLM-4.5V accepts text, images and video. GLM-4.5V handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
GLM-4.5V publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Morph V3 Fast and Palmyra X5 is proprietary.
Which is newer?
GLM-4.5V is the newest, released Aug 11, 2025. Morph V3 Fast came out Jul 7, 2025; Palmyra X5 came out Apr 28, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: GLM-4.5V Apr 2025.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.
