Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air vs Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Compare Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air by Zhipu AI against Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max by Qwen, context windows of 128K vs 1.0M, tested across 21 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Z.AI: GLM 4.5 AirRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window.
Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air is 5.5x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air
Input
$0.20
10× cheaper
Output
$1.10
5.5× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
Input
$2.00
Output
$6.00
Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air is cheaper on both — 10× input, 5.5× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
68%
Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air uses 9.9x more emoji
Z.AI: GLM 4.5 Air
Qwen: Qwen3.8 Max
48%Vocabulary48%
16wSentence Length17w
0.40Hedging0.95
5.4Bold4.3
4.8Lists8.2
0.10Emoji0.00
0.75Headings1.92
0.12Transitions0.02
Based on 15 + 13 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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