GLM 5.3 Flash vs Llama 3.2 11 B Vision Instruct: cost comparison
Prices updated 2026-10-28 · computed from live provider data
Short answer: GLM 5.3 Flash is cheaper on a
3:1 input/output blend — $0.053 per million tokens versus
$0.205, a 74% difference.
GLM 5.3 Flash offers the larger context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 128,000 for Llama 3.2 11 B Vision Instruct.
Head to head
| GLM 5.3 Flash | Llama 3.2 11 B Vision Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Input, per 1M tokens | $0.046 | $0.049 |
| Output, per 1M tokens | $0.074 | $0.676 |
| Blended 3:1, per 1M | $0.053 | $0.205 |
| Context window | 1,048,576 | 128,000 |
| Vendor | z-ai | cloudflare |
Monthly cost at real volumes
| Workload (input / output) | GLM 5.3 Flash | Llama 3.2 11 B Vision Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| 1M in / 250K out | $0.065 | $0.217 |
| 10M in / 2.5M out | $0.646 | $2.17 |
| 100M in / 25M out | $6.46 | $21.75 |
Which should you pick?
Pick GLM 5.3 Flash when you need the longer context window (1,048,576 vs 128,000 tokens). Pick GLM 5.3 Flash when price per token dominates your workload — high-volume classification, extraction, or batch summarisation.