AI model comparison

GLM 5V Turbo vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B

Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.

GLM-5V-Turbo is Z.ai’s first native multimodal agent foundation model, built for vision-based coding and agent-driven tasks.

Input / 1M
$1.20
Output / 1M
$4
Context
203K

The Qwen3.5 series 397B-A17B native vision-language model is built on a hybrid architecture that integrates a linear attention mechanism with a sparse mixture-of-experts model, achieving higher inference efficiency.

Input / 1M
$0.55
Output / 1M
$3.50
Context
262K

At a glance

Quick verdict

How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.

Lower price

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Qwen3.5 397B A17B

1.5x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

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GLM 5V Turbo

23.5 vs 21.4 on Artificial Analysis

Larger context window

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Qwen3.5 397B A17B

262K vs 203K tokens

Newer release

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GLM 5V Turbo

Released April 1, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

z-ai logoGLM 5V Turbo23.5
qwen logoQwen3.5 397B A17B21.4

Coding index

z-ai logoGLM 5V TurboNot available
qwen logoQwen3.5 397B A17BNot available

Agentic index

z-ai logoGLM 5V TurboNot available
qwen logoQwen3.5 397B A17BNot available

Pricing

GLM 5V Turbo vs Qwen3.5 397B A17B API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metricz-ai logoGLM 5V Turboqwen logoQwen3.5 397B A17B
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$1.20$0.55
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$4$3.50
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens$0.24$0.22
Cache writePer 1M tokensNot availableNot available

What it costs in practice

Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.

Chat message

2K in, 500 out

z-ai logoGLM 5V Turbo$4.40
qwen logoQwen3.5 397B A17B$2.85

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

z-ai logoGLM 5V Turbo$52$23.20 cached
qwen logoQwen3.5 397B A17B$30.50$20.75 cached

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

z-ai logoGLM 5V Turbo$188$44 cached
qwen logoQwen3.5 397B A17B$89.50$40.75 cached

Specs

Context window and capabilities

How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.

Metricz-ai logoGLM 5V Turboqwen logoQwen3.5 397B A17B
Context window203K tokens262K tokens
Max output131K tokens236K tokens
Input typesImage, Text, VideoImage, Text, Video
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsNot availableNot available
Default reasoning effortNot availableNot available
Release dateApril 1, 2026February 16, 2026

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metricz-ai logoGLM 5V Turboqwen logoQwen3.5 397B A17B
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputsNot supportedSupported
JSON modeSupportedSupported
ReasoningSupportedSupported
TemperatureSupportedSupported
Stop sequencesNot supportedSupported
Deterministic seedNot supportedSupported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

Our take

Qwen3.5 397B A17B is 1.5x cheaper for a typical chat. GLM 5V Turbo scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (23.5 vs 21.4). Qwen3.5 397B A17B has the larger context window (262K vs 203K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM 5V Turbo or Qwen3.5 397B A17B cheaper?

Qwen3.5 397B A17B is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Qwen3.5 397B A17B costs $0.55 per 1M input tokens and $3.50 per 1M output tokens, while GLM 5V Turbo costs $1.20 per 1M input tokens and $4 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, GLM 5V Turbo or Qwen3.5 397B A17B?

Qwen3.5 397B A17B supports up to 262K tokens of context, compared with 203K for GLM 5V Turbo.

Is GLM 5V Turbo smarter than Qwen3.5 397B A17B?

On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, GLM 5V Turbo scores 23.5 and Qwen3.5 397B A17B scores 21.4, putting GLM 5V Turbo ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.

Can I use GLM 5V Turbo and Qwen3.5 397B A17B at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see GLM 5V Turbo and Qwen3.5 397B A17B answer side by side and keep the better response.

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Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to GLM 5V Turbo and Qwen3.5 397B A17B at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.