Head-to-Head Pricing Benchmark
Side-by-side pricing and context window comparison for production model selection.
Default Recommendation (120M input + 60M output)
Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air is lower-cost for the default monthly workload scenario.
Adjust the workload in the calculator below to see a live recommendation for your usage.
| Metric | Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air | Qwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | z-ai | qwen |
| Context Window | 131,072 | 131,072 |
| Max Output Tokens | 98,304 | 32,768 |
| Input Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.1300 | $0.1300 |
| Output Cost / 1M Tokens | $0.8500 | $1.56 |
| Projected Monthly Cost | $67 | $109 |
| Vision | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Tool Calling | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Structured Output | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Reasoning | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes |
| Web Search | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Tokenizer | Other | Qwen3 |
| MMLU Score | 81.5★ | 80.7 |
| GPQA | 73.3★ | 72.0 |
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.1300
Current Output / 1M
$0.8500
Price History
Current Input / 1M
$0.1300
Current Output / 1M
$1.56
Performance History
Current TPS
0.00
Current Latency
0ms
Uptime
100.0%
Performance History
Current TPS
0.00
Current Latency
0ms
Uptime
100.0%
Adjust your workload to see projected monthly costs.
Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air
$67
per month
Lower costQwen: Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking
$109
per month
Live Recommendation
Z.ai: GLM 4.5 Air is lower-cost at 120M input + 60M output tokens/month.
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