GLM 5.3 Flash is 10.5× cheaper per million tokens (blended). GLM 5.3 Flash leads quality index by 0.7 points (89.7 vs 89.0). GLM 5.3 Flash has the larger context window (1,048,576 vs 1,000,000 tokens).
Qwen3.8 27B vs GLM 5.3 Flash
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Qwen3.8 27Bopen
Qwen · qwen__qwen3.8-27b
GLM 5.3 Flashopen
Z.ai · z-ai__glm-5.3-flash
Identity
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | z-ai__glm-5.3-flash |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Qwen | Z.ai |
| Slug | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | z-ai__glm-5.3-flash |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | Yes | Yes |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B | zai-org/GLM-5.3-Flash |
Quality
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | z-ai__glm-5.3-flash |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | 89.0 | 89.7 |
Cost
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | z-ai__glm-5.3-flash |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $0.42 | $0.07 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $0.09 | $0.01 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $3.00 | $0.25 |
Context
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | z-ai__glm-5.3-flash |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 1,000,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Max output tokens | 131,072 | 131,072 |
Modalities
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | z-ai__glm-5.3-flash |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, video | text, image, video |
| Output | text | text |