GLM-5.2 vs Qwen3.7 Max
Pricing & Specs

Zhipu AI vs Qwen (Alibaba), side by side from a live registry. Specs below, then benchmark both on your own task.

$4.4
GLM-5.2 output / 1M
$3.75
Qwen3.7 Max output / 1M
262.144K / 1M
context windows

TL;DR: On a typical task (1K input + 500 output tokens), Qwen3.7 Max is about 1.2x cheaper than GLM-5.2. But per-token price is not cost per result: a cheaper model that needs more tokens, retries, or hand-holding can end up more expensive on your workload. The specs below are facts; which one is better at YOUR task is measurable, not guessable.

API Pricing: GLM-5.2 vs Qwen3.7 Max

TokensGLM-5.2Qwen3.7 Max
Input$1.4 / 1M$1.25 / 1M
Output$4.4 / 1M$3.75 / 1M
Cached input$0.26 / 1M$0.13 / 1M

What that means in practice (1K input + 500 output tokens)

1x One typical task: $0.0036 on GLM-5.2 vs $0.0031 on Qwen3.7 Max
1K 1,000 runs: $3.60 vs $3.12
💡 Real cost depends on how verbose each model is on YOUR prompts. Benchmark to measure actual tokens, not estimates.

Specs Compared

SpecGLM-5.2Qwen3.7 Max
Context window262.144K tokens1M tokens
Max output tokens--
Input modalitiestexttext
Knowledge cutoff--
Latency (measured)--
Reasoning modelYesYes
Tool / function callingYesYes
JSON modeYesYes
Prompt cachingNoYes

When to Choose Which

High volume on a budget: start with Qwen3.7 Max; only pay for GLM-5.2 if the benchmark shows a quality gap that matters.
Long documents or big codebases: Qwen3.7 Max has the larger context window (1M vs 262.144K tokens).
Everything else: the honest answer is to benchmark both on your actual task. Quality differences are task-specific and shift with every release.

FAQ

Which is cheaper, GLM-5.2 or Qwen3.7 Max?

GLM-5.2 costs $1.4/$4.4 per 1M input/output tokens; Qwen3.7 Max costs $1.25/$3.75. On a typical task (1K input + 500 output tokens), Qwen3.7 Max is about 1.2x cheaper than GLM-5.2.

Which has the bigger context window, GLM-5.2 or Qwen3.7 Max?

GLM-5.2 has a 262.144K-token context window; Qwen3.7 Max has 1M tokens.

Is GLM-5.2 better than Qwen3.7 Max?

It depends on the task. Generic leaderboards won't tell you which one wins on YOUR workload. OpenMark lets you benchmark GLM-5.2 and Qwen3.7 Max head to head on your own task with real API calls, no API keys needed, free tier available.

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