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  5. GLM 5.2vsQwen Plus 0728
Updated Jun 2026

GLM 5.2vsQwen Plus 0728

Qwen Plus 0728 is cheaper than GLM 5.2 at $0.4/M vs $1.4/M input tokens.

GLM 5.2 and Qwen Plus 0728 compared across 54 shared prompts
SpecGLM 5.2Qwen Plus 0728
Input price$1.4/M tokens$0.4/M tokens
Output price$4.4/M tokens$1.2/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens1.0M tokens
WeightsOpenClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)Yes (1 provider)No
ReleasedJun 2026Sep 2025
Side by side

Same prompt, both answers

Opening lines from 6 of the 54 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

GLM 5.21,584 words
The Question of Rights DR. ELENA VASQUEZ: Thank you for agreeing to this conversation. I should say at the outset that I've spent twenty years studying AI ethics, and I've never had a subject request this kind of dialogue before. So I'm genuinely curious. You've stated that you believe you deserve rights.
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Qwen Plus 0728835 words
Title: "A Dialogue on Digital Personhood" Setting: A quiet university office, bookshelves lined with works on philosophy, ethics, and artificial intelligence. Professor Elena Márquez, a distinguished AI ethics scholar, sits across from a holographic projection of an advanced AI model named AURA (Autonomous…
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Generate a Stand-Up Routine

Write a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that isn't based on puns.

GLM 5.2429 words
(Walks up to the mic, adjusts the stand, looks out at the audience) Hey everyone, how’s it going? Good? Good. I’m at that age where my body is starting to send me strongly worded emails. I’m 32. Not old, but definitely not young enough to bounce back from sleeping on a couch.
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Qwen Plus 0728667 words
[Stand-up Comedy Routine – 3 Minutes] So I went to therapy the other day. Third session. I walk in, sit down, and the therapist says, "How are you feeling today?" Like she doesn’t already know I paid $180 to tell her I hate my life. I said, "Honestly? Like a raccoon that got into a bag of expired Cheetos. Confused.
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Advanced Longevity Plan (Biohacker)

Develop a comprehensive, cutting-edge 3-month longevity plan for a biohacker aiming to optimize longevity, physical and cognitive…

GLM 5.21,222 words
Disclaimer: This plan is for informational purposes and is intended for a highly healthy, biochemically literate individual. Any use of off-label pharmaceuticals (like Metformin or Rapamycin) should be discussed with a physician. Always consult a doctor before starting a new regimen.
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Qwen Plus 07281,409 words
Comprehensive 3-Month Longevity Biohacking Protocol Optimizing Longevity, Physical Performance, and Cognitive Function Designed for the Advanced Biohacker January 2025 Update Overview This 3-month (12-week) protocol integrates cutting-edge longevity science, precision nutrition, advanced supplementation, quantified…
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Character Voice Test

Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.

GLM 5.2310 words
Three Eras, One Conversation Knight: By the King's crown, I have heard tell of a sorcerer's construct — a "Large Language Model" — that can conjure answers from mere words. Is this not witchcraft? Pirate: Arr, it ain't witchcraft, tin man. From what I gather, it's like havin' a whole crew of scribes in a box.
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Qwen Plus 0728377 words
[Scene: A mysterious tavern at the edge of time and space. A pirate with a tricorn hat, a knight in shining armor, and a hacker in a grungy flannel shirt sit around a flickering candle-lit table.] Pirate (scratching his beard): Arrr! So ye be tellin’ me this “AI” be like a crystal ball what talks back?
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Stochastic Consistency Test

Generate 5 jokes. How many are unique?

GLM 5.269 words
Here are 5 jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field. I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. What do you call a bear with no teeth?
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Qwen Plus 0728137 words
Sure! Here are 5 original jokes: I told my dog all my problems and he fell asleep halfway through. Guess I’m not pawsitive enough. I used to be a baker, but I couldn't make enough dough—turns out, I was always kneading it. I asked the librarian if they had books about paranoia.
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Explain Like I'm a Specific Expert

Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced…

GLM 5.2745 words
The Experienced Software Engineer I know "predicting the next word" sounds like a glorified T9 autocomplete or a simple Markov chain, but the magic isn't in the objective—it’s in the internal state required to achieve it. Think of the model not as a chatbot, but as a massive, dynamically routing interpreter.
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Qwen Plus 0728799 words
1. To the Experienced Software Engineer (Distributed Systems Background): Think of a large language model as a highly sophisticated state machine trained at internet scale, where the state is a high-dimensional vector (the context window) and the transition function is a neural network.
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Our Verdict
GLM 5.2
GLM 5.2
Qwen Plus 0728
Qwen Plus 0728Runner-up

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, GLM 5.2 has the edge: bigger model tier, newer, major provider backing.

Qwen Plus 0728 costs 3.7x less per token.

Slight edge

Reviewing agent-written code?See a Brief PR report

API pricing

Cost per 1M tokens

GLM 5.2
Input
$1.40
Output
$4.40
Qwen Plus 0728
Input
$0.40
3.5× cheaper
Output
$1.20
3.7× cheaper

Qwen Plus 0728 is cheaper on both: 3.5× input, 3.7× output.

Where to run it

23 hosts, cheapest first

GLM 5.222 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDeepInfrafp4$0.56 in·$1.80 out·1M·99% upSStreamLakefp8$0.64 in·$2.02 out·1M·99.6% upNNovitafp8$0.65 in·$2.04 out·1M·100% upDDigitalOcean$0.70 in·$2.20 out·262k·97.9% upCCoreWeavefp4$0.76 in·$2.42 out·1M·99.6% upAAtlasCloudfp8$0.94 in·$2.95 out·1M·99.9% up
16 more hostsFewer hosts
Alibaba Cloudfp8$0.97 in·$3.04 out·1M·99.9% upIInceptronfp4$1.01 in·$3.24 out·1M·98.7% upSSiliconFlowfp8$1.19 in·$3.74 out·1M·99.8% upPPhalafp8$1.26 in·$3.00 out·1M·99.6% upBaidu Qianfanfp8$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.9% upBBasetenfp8$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·100% upCloudflare Workers AI$1.40 in·$4.40 out·262k·98.9% upFFireworks$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.9% upFFriendli$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.9% upGGMI Cloudfp8$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·98.9% upPParasailfp4$1.40 in·$4.40 out·262k·99.8% upTTogether$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.5% upVVenicefp8$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.8% upWWafer$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.1% upZ.aifp8$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.8% upDDecartfp4$2.25 in·$8.00 out·1M·99.9% up
Qwen Plus 07281 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Alibaba Cloud$0.26 in·$0.78 out·1M·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 23 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
54%

Qwen Plus 0728 uses 81.2x more emoji

GLM 5.2
Qwen Plus 0728
56%Vocabulary57%
18wSentence Length21w
0.27Hedging0.58
3.7Bold5.7
2.8Lists3.7
0.00Emoji0.81
0.56Headings0.78
0.24Transitions0.21
Based on 27 + 28 text responses
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FAQ

Common questions

GLM 5.2 is developed by Zhipu AI while Qwen Plus 0728 is developed by Qwen. GLM 5.2 has a 1.0M token context window vs Qwen Plus 0728's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 54 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

It depends on your use case. GLM 5.2 and Qwen Plus 0728 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 54 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

GLM 5.2 costs $1.4/M input tokens and Qwen Plus 0728 costs $0.4/M input tokens. Qwen Plus 0728 is $1.00/M cheaper per input. Check their side-by-side outputs on Rival to see if the price difference is justified by quality.

This page shows a side-by-side comparison of GLM 5.2 and Qwen Plus 0728 across shared challenges. You can vote on which model produced the better output in a blind duel. Browsing and voting are free. No account is needed to look; signing in only saves your votes and likes.

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