Is Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct or GLM 4.5 Air cheaper?

GLM 4.5 Air is cheaper on output tokens ($0.50 vs $0.80 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct or GLM 4.5 Air?

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct vs GLM 4.5 Air

GLM 4.5 Air is cheaper on output tokens, while Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct offers a larger context window. Choose Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct or GLM 4.5 Air based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct	GLM 4.5 Air
Provider	submodel	submodel
Input / 1M tokens	$0.20	$0.10
Output / 1M tokens	$0.80	$0.50
Context window	262K	131K
Parameters	—	—
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Aug 2025	Jul 2025

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct details →GLM 4.5 Air details →

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