Is Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct or GLM 4.6 cheaper?

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($0.40 vs $2.20 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct or GLM 4.6?

GLM 4.6 has the larger context window (205K tokens).

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct vs GLM 4.6

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while GLM 4.6 offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct or GLM 4.6 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct	GLM 4.6
Provider	NovitaAI	NovitaAI
Input / 1M tokens	$0.38	$0.55
Output / 1M tokens	$0.40	$2.20
Context window	32K	205K
Parameters	—	357B
Open weights	Yes	Yes
Released	Oct 2024	Sep 2025

Qwen 2.5 72B Instruct details →GLM 4.6 details →

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