Z.ai: GLM 5 vs Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507
Compare Z.ai: GLM 5 by Zhipu AI against Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 by Qwen, tested across 36 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Z.ai: GLM 5
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Z.ai: GLM 5 has the edge — newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 is 3012x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Z.ai: GLM 5
Input
$0.80
Output
$2.56
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507
Input
$0.000
5333× cheaper
Output
$0.001
3012× cheaper
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 is cheaper on both — 5333× input, 3012× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
36%
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 uses 44.8x more emoji
Z.ai: GLM 5
Qwen: Qwen3 235B A22B 2507
54%Vocabulary57%
17wSentence Length18w
0.37Hedging0.40
6.3Bold5.9
4.7Lists4.8
0.00Emoji0.45
0.60Headings1.07
0.18Transitions0.11
Based on 22 + 18 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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