GLM 5.3 Flash vs Qwen 3.7 Flash: cost comparison
Prices updated 2026-11-10 · computed from live provider data
Short answer: GLM 5.3 Flash is cheaper on a
3:1 input/output blend — $0.038 per million tokens versus
$0.055, a 31% difference.
GLM 5.3 Flash offers the larger context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Qwen 3.7 Flash.
Head to head
| GLM 5.3 Flash | Qwen 3.7 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.030 | $0.030 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $0.061 | $0.130 |
| Blended 3:1, per 1M | $0.038 | $0.055 |
| Context window | 1,048,576 | 1,000,000 |
| Vendor | z-ai | qwen |
Monthly cost at real volumes
| Workload (input / output) | GLM 5.3 Flash | Qwen 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| 1M in / 250K out | $0.045 | $0.062 |
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $0.453 | $0.625 |
| 100M in / 25M out | $4.53 | $6.25 |
Which should you pick?
Pick GLM 5.3 Flash when you need the longer context window (1,048,576 vs 1,000,000 tokens). Pick GLM 5.3 Flash when price per token dominates your workload — high-volume classification, extraction, or batch summarisation.