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Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct vs Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air

Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.

Input delta: $0.00Output delta: $0.33Monthly delta: $20

Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.

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MetricQwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructZ.ai: GLM 4.5 Air
Developerqwenz-ai
Context Window131,072131,072
Input Cost / 1M Tokens$0.1300$0.1300
Output Cost / 1M Tokens$0.5200$0.8500
Projected Monthly Cost$47$67
Vision✅ Yes❌ No
Tool Calling✅ Yes✅ Yes
Structured Output✅ Yes✅ Yes
Reasoning❌ No✅ Yes
MMLU Score76.481.5
GPQA69.573.3

Price History

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 7 — Mar 11
$0.1300$0.3250$0.5200Mar 7Mar 8Mar 9Mar 10Mar 11

Current Input / 1M

$0.1300

Current Output / 1M

$0.5200

Price History

Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air Pricing Trend

Input / 1M tokens0.0%Output / 1M tokens0.0%
Mar 7 — Mar 11
$0.1300$0.4900$0.8500Mar 7Mar 8Mar 9Mar 10Mar 11

Current Input / 1M

$0.1300

Current Output / 1M

$0.8500

Cost Calculator

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0500M

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

$47

per month

Lower cost

Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air

$67

per month

Live Recommendation

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct saves $20/mo at this workload
Open Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct model pageOpen Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air model page

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FAQ

Common questions for Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct vs Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air pricing decisions.

Which is cheaper for input tokens: Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct or Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air?

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is cheaper or equal on input token cost by $0.00 per 1M tokens.

Which is cheaper for output tokens: Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct or Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air?

Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct is cheaper or equal on output token cost by $0.33 per 1M tokens.

What is the projected monthly cost difference between Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct and Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air?

$20 difference for the default scenario (120M input + 60M output tokens/month).

How should I choose between Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct and Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air?

Use this page to compare context window and token pricing, then open each model page to evaluate additional alternatives and monthly workload fit.