Z.ai: GLM 5 vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Compare Z.ai: GLM 5 by Zhipu AI against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking by Qwen, context windows of 203K vs 66K, tested across 53 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Z.ai: GLM 5
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingRunner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Z.ai: GLM 5 has the edge — bigger model tier, newer, bigger context window, major provider backing.
Slight edge
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Z.ai: GLM 5
Input
$0.80
Output
$2.56
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Input
$0.15
5.3× cheaper
Output
$1.50
1.7× cheaper
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking is cheaper on both — 5.3× input, 1.7× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
42%
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking uses 57.7x more emoji
Z.ai: GLM 5
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
54%Vocabulary54%
17wSentence Length16w
0.37Hedging0.31
6.3Bold6.0
4.7Lists4.5
0.00Emoji0.58
0.60Headings0.88
0.18Transitions0.10
Based on 22 + 17 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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