Qwen3.8 27B is 1.7× cheaper per million tokens (blended). GLM 5.3 has the larger context window (1,048,576 vs 1,000,000 tokens).
Qwen3.8 27B vs GLM 5.3
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Qwen3.8 27Bopen
Qwen · qwen__qwen3.8-27b
GLM 5.3open
Z.ai · z-ai__glm-5.3
Identity
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | z-ai__glm-5.3 |
|---|
| Provider | Qwen | Z.ai |
| Slug | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | z-ai__glm-5.3 |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | Yes | Yes |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B | zai-org/GLM-5.3 |
Quality
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | z-ai__glm-5.3 |
|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | 89.0 | — |
Cost
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | z-ai__glm-5.3 |
|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $0.42 | $1.40 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $0.09 | $0.14 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $3.00 | $4.40 |
Context
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | z-ai__glm-5.3 |
|---|
| Max context tokens | 1,000,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Max output tokens | 131,072 | 262,144 |
Modalities
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | z-ai__glm-5.3 |
|---|
| Input | text, image, video | text |
| Output | text | text |