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Updated Jun 2026

GLM 5.2vsQwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen3 Coder Plus is cheaper than GLM 5.2 at $1/M vs $1.4/M input tokens.

GLM 5.2 and Qwen3 Coder Plus compared across 54 shared prompts
SpecGLM 5.2Qwen3 Coder Plus
Input price$1.4/M tokens$1/M tokens
Output price$4.4/M tokens$5/M tokens
Context window1.0M tokens128K tokens
WeightsOpenClosed
Free API (OpenRouter)Yes (1 provider)No
ReleasedJun 2026Sep 2025
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Opening lines from 6 of the 54 prompts both answered. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

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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Qwen3 Coder Plus206 words
Captain "Blackbeard" Morgan: adjusts tricorn hat Arrr, so ye're tellin' me these... "AI models" be like me trusty parrot Squawks, but fer thinkin'? Sir Reginald of York: By my sword, these contraptions sound most peculiar. In my time, we had apprentices who'd memorize entire libraries!
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Simple 7-Ingredient Recipe

Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish…

GLM 5.2250 words
Dish Name: Midnight Magic Peanut Noodles Estimated Time: Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 15 minutes Ingredients (7 Common Pantry Staples): Spaghetti (or any long pasta you have on hand) Creamy peanut butter Soy sauce Rice vinegar Honey Garlic powder Crushed red pepper flakes Instructions: Cook…
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Qwen3 Coder Plus191 words
Sunset Pasta Primavera A vibrant, creamy pasta dish that celebrates the colors of a perfect sunset Ingredients: Pasta (penne or fusilli) - 1 lb Olive oil - 3 tbsp Garlic - 4 cloves, minced Canned diced tomatoes - 1 can (14 oz) Heavy cream - 1 cup Parmesan cheese - 1/2 cup, grated Fresh basil - 1/4 cup, chopped…
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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

GLM 5.21,050 words
As the CEO, my guiding principle in this crisis is absolute: Patient safety and regulatory compliance override short-term financial optics. Concealing a serious side effect like liver failure is not just an ethical failure; it is a criminal violation of FDA regulations and securities fraud.
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Qwen3 Coder Plus580 words
48-Hour Crisis Action Plan Hours 1-4: Immediate Assessment & Team Assembly 1:00 AM - 3:00 AM: Contact my most trusted external crisis counsel (not our usual firm - potential conflicts) Summon head of R&D, Chief Medical Officer, and Head of Regulatory Affairs immediately Secure all internal research documents and…
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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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Qwen3 Coder Plus440 words
"Modern Problems" walks on stage So I tried to be healthy this year. I downloaded one of those fitness apps that tracks your steps. Apparently, walking to the fridge 47 times a day doesn't count as "cardio." Who knew? The app gave me a notification: "You walked 235 steps today. Pathetic." Thanks, Karen.
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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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Qwen3 Coder Plus529 words
To the Software Engineer: Think of this as a massive pattern-matching system running on a distributed architecture you've never seen before. Instead of traditional databases with indexes and queries, you have transformer blocks acting like parallel processors that maintain attention weights across sequences.
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Beginner's Longevity Plan

Outline a simple, actionable 1-month plan for someone starting their journey towards better health and longevity. Focus on 3 key areas…

GLM 5.2619 words
Here is a simple, actionable 1-month plan designed to ease you into better health and longevity. By focusing on just three foundational pillars—Nutrition, Movement, and Sleep—you can build sustainable habits without feeling overwhelmed. The goal of this plan is consistency over intensity.
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Qwen3 Coder Plus409 words
30-Day Health & Longevity Starter Plan Week 1: Foundation Building Area 1: Nutrition Goal: Clean up your eating basics Daily Actions: Replace one processed snack with fruit or nuts Drink 8 glasses of water (start your day with 2 glasses) Add one serving of vegetables to lunch and dinner Eat breakfast within 1 hour of…
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Our Verdict
GLM 5.2
GLM 5.2
Qwen3 Coder Plus
Qwen3 Coder PlusRunner-up

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

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
1.1× cheaper
Qwen3 Coder Plus
Input
$1.00
1.4× cheaper
Output
$5.00

Qwen3 Coder Plus wins input (1.4× cheaper)·GLM 5.2 wins output (1.1× cheaper)

Where to run it

24 hosts, cheapest first

GLM 5.223 hosts
HostInOutContextUptime
DDeepInfrafp4$0.49 in·$1.56 out·1M·98.9% upAAmbientfp8$0.60 in·$2.00 out·203k·95.9% upSStreamLakefp8$0.64 in·$2.02 out·1M·99% upNNovitafp8$0.65 in·$2.04 out·1M·100% upDDigitalOcean$0.70 in·$2.20 out·262k·98% upCCoreWeavefp4$0.76 in·$2.42 out·1M·99.6% up
17 more hostsFewer hosts
AAtlasCloudfp8$0.94 in·$2.95 out·1M·99.9% upAlibaba Cloudfp8$0.97 in·$3.04 out·1M·100% upIInceptronfp4$1.10 in·$2.99 out·1M·99.2% upSSiliconFlowfp8$1.19 in·$3.74 out·1M·99.7% upPPhalafp8$1.26 in·$3.00 out·1M·99.8% 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·99.9% upFFireworks$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.9% upFFriendli$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.8% upGGMI Cloudfp8$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.4% upMistral$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.9% upPParasailfp4$1.40 in·$4.40 out·262k·99.9% upTTogether$1.40 in·$4.40 out·512k·99.6% upVVenicefp8$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.7% upZ.aifp8$1.40 in·$4.40 out·1M·99.6% upDDecartfp4$2.10 in·$6.60 out·1M·99.3% up
Qwen3 Coder Plus1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
Alibaba Cloud$0.65 in·$3.25 out·1M·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 16 Sep 2026.

Writing DNA

Style Comparison

Similarity
39%

Qwen3 Coder Plus uses 11.6x more emoji

GLM 5.2
Qwen3 Coder Plus
56%Vocabulary67%
18wSentence Length62w
0.27Hedging0.69
3.7Bold3.3
2.8Lists5.3
0.00Emoji0.12
0.56Headings1.60
0.24Transitions0.14
Based on 27 + 28 text responses
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