Qwen3.8 27B is 1.9× cheaper per million tokens (blended). Qwen3.8 27B leads quality index by 11.1 points (87.0 vs 75.9). Qwen3.8 27B has the larger context window (262,144 vs 202,752 tokens). Qwen3.8 27B is open-weights; the other is not.
Qwen3.8 27B vs GLM 5V Turbo
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Qwen3.8 27Bopen
Qwen · qwen__qwen3.8-27b
GLM 5V Turbo
Z.ai · z-ai__glm-5v-turbo
Identity
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | z-ai__glm-5v-turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Qwen | Z.ai |
| Slug | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | z-ai__glm-5v-turbo |
| Status | live | live |
| Open weights | Yes | No |
| License | — | — |
| HuggingFace | Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B | — |
Quality
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | z-ai__glm-5v-turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Quality index (0–100) | 87.0 | 75.9 |
Cost
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | z-ai__glm-5v-turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M tokens | $0.20 | $1.20 |
| Cached input $ / 1M | $0.05 | $0.24 |
| Output $ / 1M tokens | $2.50 | $4.00 |
Context
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | z-ai__glm-5v-turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Max context tokens | 262,144 | 202,752 |
| Max output tokens | 131,072 | 131,072 |
Modalities
| Field | qwen__qwen3.8-27b | z-ai__glm-5v-turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Input | text, image, video | image, text, video |
| Output | text | text |