Is Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct or GLM-5 cheaper?

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.88 vs $3.20 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct or GLM-5?

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct vs GLM-5

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct or GLM-5 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct	GLM-5
Provider	Vertex	Vertex
Input / 1M tokens	$0.22	$1.00
Output / 1M tokens	$0.88	$3.20
Context window	262K	203K
Parameters	—	744B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Aug 2025	Feb 2026

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