AI model comparison

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs GLM 5.3 Flash

Side by side comparison of Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and GLM 5.3 Flash on pricing, benchmark scores, context window, and more.

NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is an open multimodal mixture-of-experts model from NVIDIA, with 12B active parameters out of 120B total.

Input / 1M
$0.15
Output / 1M
$0.50
Context
1.05M

GLM-5.3-Flash is a native multimodal model from Z.ai. It is suited for efficient coding and long-horizon agent tasks.

Input / 1M
$0.15
Output / 1M
$0.50
Context
1.05M

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At a glance

Quick verdict

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

Lower price

Tie

Same price for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

Not available

Not enough benchmark data

Larger context window

Tie

1.05M vs 1.05M tokens

Newer release

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Nemotron 3.5 Super VL

Released October 15, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

nvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VL13.6
z-ai logoGLM 5.3 FlashNot available

Coding index

nvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VLNot available
z-ai logoGLM 5.3 Flash71.5

Agentic index

nvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VLNot available
z-ai logoGLM 5.3 Flash50.9

Pricing

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs GLM 5.3 Flash API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metricnvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VLz-ai logoGLM 5.3 Flash
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$0.15$0.15
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$0.50$0.50
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens$0.02$0.03
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

nvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VL$0.55
z-ai logoGLM 5.3 Flash$0.55

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

nvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VL$6.50$2.60 cached
z-ai logoGLM 5.3 Flash$6.50$2.90 cached

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

nvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VL$23.50$4 cached
z-ai logoGLM 5.3 Flash$23.50$5.50 cached

Specs

Context window and capabilities

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

Metricnvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VLz-ai logoGLM 5.3 Flash
Context window1.05M tokens1.05M tokens
Max output236K tokens944K tokens
Input typesImage, Text, VideoImage, Text, Video
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsNot availableMax, High, Low
Default reasoning effortNot availableMax
Release dateOctober 15, 2026August 26, 2026

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metricnvidia logoNemotron 3.5 Super VLz-ai logoGLM 5.3 Flash
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputsSupportedSupported
JSON modeSupportedSupported
ReasoningSupportedSupported
TemperatureSupportedSupported
Stop sequencesSupportedSupported
Deterministic seedSupportedSupported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Nemotron 3.5 Super VL or GLM 5.3 Flash cheaper?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and GLM 5.3 Flash cost the same for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Nemotron 3.5 Super VL costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.50 per 1M output tokens, and GLM 5.3 Flash costs $0.15 per 1M input tokens and $0.50 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL or GLM 5.3 Flash?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL supports up to 1.05M tokens of context, compared with 1.05M for GLM 5.3 Flash.

Can I use Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and GLM 5.3 Flash at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and GLM 5.3 Flash answer side by side and keep the better response.

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Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and GLM 5.3 Flash at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.