Qwen3 Max vs GLM 5

Qwen3 Max at $0.897 in and $4.49 out and GLM 5 at $1.09 in and $2.93 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Qwen3 Max

Qwen

0.81¢

for a client proposal

$0.897 in · $4.49 out / 1M

262K context · released September 2025

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GLM 5

Z.ai

0.78¢

for a client proposal

$1.09 in · $2.93 out / 1M

205K context · released 6 months ago

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 1.6¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Qwen3 Max at $0.897 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: GLM 5 at $2.93 per million tokens.
Largest context: Qwen3 Max at 262K tokens — about 370 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Qwen3 Max

0.4¢

GLM 5

0.37¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Qwen3 Max

0.81¢

GLM 5

0.78¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Qwen3 Max

$0.39

GLM 5

$0.18

Long-context rate applied at this input size.

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Qwen3 Max

$0.07

GLM 5

4.1¢

Long-context rate applied at this input size.

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Qwen3 Max

$0.59

GLM 5

needs 250K ctx

Long-context rate applied at this input size.

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output

Qwen3 Max

GLM 5

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

Qwen3 Max

GLM 5

Input / 1M tokens

$0.897

$1.09

Output / 1M tokens

$4.49

$2.93

Cached input / 1M

$0.179

$0.230

Specs

Qwen3 Max

GLM 5

Provider

Qwen

Z.ai

Released

September 2025

6 months ago

Context window

262K

205K

Max output

66K

131K

Input

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Shows its thinking

Knowledge cutoff

2025-06-30

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Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Qwen3 Max

Qwen

0.4¢

for this task

44% input · 56% output

Full pricing →

GLM 5

Z.ai

0.37¢

for this task

60% input · 40% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.77¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 650 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Qwen3 Max has the largest context window here — 262K tokens.

On price, GLM 5 is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.78¢.

If you want to watch the model think, GLM 5 shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 Max or GLM 5?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): GLM 5 at 0.78¢; Qwen3 Max at 0.81¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

Qwen3 Max — 262K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run Qwen3 Max and GLM 5 side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 1.6¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 1.6¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.