Z.ai: GLM 5.2 vs Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507
Compare Z.ai: GLM 5.2 by Zhipu AI against Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 by Qwen, tested across 36 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Z.ai: GLM 5.2
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Z.ai: GLM 5.2 has the edge — newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 is 5176x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Z.ai: GLM 5.2
Input
$1.40
Output
$4.40
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507
Input
$0.000
9333× cheaper
Output
$0.001
5176× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 is cheaper on both — 9333× input, 5176× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
25%
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 uses 44.8x more emoji
Z.ai: GLM 5.2
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507
56%Vocabulary57%
18wSentence Length18w
0.27Hedging0.40
3.7Bold5.9
2.8Lists4.8
0.00Emoji0.45
0.56Headings1.07
0.24Transitions0.11
Based on 27 + 18 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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