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GLM 4.6 vs Qwen3.8 27B
Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.
Winner summary
Qwen3.8 27B wins on 3/3 benchmarks
Qwen3.8 27B wins 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Leads in agentic · arena.
Category leads
agentic·Qwen3.8 27Barena·Qwen3.8 27B
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GLM 4.6
#125 by perf·#3 by attention
Qwen3.8 27B
#111 by perf·#2 by attention
Best value
GLM 4.6
1.3x better value than Qwen3.8 27B
GLM 4.6
46.6 pts/$
$1.09/M
Qwen3.8 27B
35.2 pts/$
$1.49/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
z-ai
private · undisclosed
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
3 benchmarks · 2 models
GLM 4.6Qwen3.8 27B
APEX-Agents
Qwen3.8 27B leads by +44.5
APEX-Agents · evaluates AI agents on complex, multi-step tasks requiring planning, tool use, and autonomous decision-making in realistic environments.
GLM 4.6
3.0
Qwen3.8 27B
47.5
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding
Qwen3.8 27B leads by +251.8
GLM 4.6
1339.4
Qwen3.8 27B
1591.2
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall
Qwen3.8 27B leads by +13.6
GLM 4.6
1424.1
Qwen3.8 27B
1437.7
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GLM 4.6 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
APEX-Agents APEX-Agents · evaluates AI agents on complex, multi-step tasks requiring planning, tool use, and autonomous decision-making in realistic environments. | 3.0 | 47.5 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Coding | 1339.4 | 1591.2 |
Chatbot Arena Elo · Overall | 1424.1 | 1437.7 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.43 | $1.75 | 205K tokens (~102 books) | $7.60 | |
| $0.42 | $2.55 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $9.56 |