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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual vs Qwen3.5 4B

Qwen3.5 4B comes out ahead, 78 to 60 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Z.ai (Zhipu)

    AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual

    Released Dec 10, 2025

    60/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.035 / $0.138
    • Context66K
    Full specs Remove AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual
  2. Our pick

    Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3.5 4B

    Released Mar 2, 2026

    78/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.04 / $0.07
    • Context262K
    Full specs Remove Qwen3.5 4B

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01 — Verdict

Qwen3.5 4B is our pick

Qwen3.5 4B is the better all-round choice, scoring 78/100 against AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual (60). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceQwen3.5 4BQwen3.5 4B $0.048 · AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual $0.061 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextQwen3.5 4BQwen3.5 4B 262,144 · AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual 65,536 tokens
  • Widest inputsQwen3.5 4BAutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual: Text, Images · Qwen3.5 4B: Text, Images, Video
  • Self-hostingAll open weightsEvery model here can be downloaded and run on your own hardware
How the score is built
MeasureWeightAutoGLM Phone 9B MultilingualQwen3.5 4B
Price50%100100
Inputs & features30%2570
Context window20%1237
Overall100%60/10078/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual vs Qwen3.5 4B specifications side by side
SpecificationAutoGLM Phone 9B MultilingualZ.ai (Zhipu)Qwen3.5 4BAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)——
ECI rank——
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics—55.8%
Price per million tokens
Input$0.035 (best)$0.04
Output$0.138$0.07 (best)
Cached input——
Blended (3:1)$0.061$0.048 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 2 providersMedian of 3 providers
Limits
Context window65,536 tokens262,144 tokens (best)
Max output65,536 tokens81,920 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesYes
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoYes
ReasoningNoYes
Tool callingNoYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsOpenMITOpenApache-2.0
API model ID——
API providers25 (best)
ReleasedDec 10, 2025Mar 2, 2026
Knowledge cutoff——
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual$0.626
  • Qwen3.5 4B$0.54
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual or Qwen3.5 4B?

Qwen3.5 4B is the better all-round choice, scoring 78/100 against AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual (60). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual or Qwen3.5 4B?

Qwen3.5 4B is cheaper at $0.04 input / $0.07 output per million tokens (median across 3 API providers). AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual costs $0.035 input / $0.138 output per million tokens (median across 2 API providers). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.048 per million tokens for Qwen3.5 4B versus $0.061 for AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual (1.3× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual has not been scored yet and Qwen3.5 4B has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual and Qwen3.5 4B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.5 4B has the largest context window at 262,144 tokens, against 65,536 for AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual. Maximum output per response: AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual up to 65,536, Qwen3.5 4B up to 81,920 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual accepts text and images; Qwen3.5 4B accepts text, images and video. Qwen3.5 4B handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Yes, both publish their weights (MIT and Apache-2.0), so you can self-host them.

Which is newer?

Qwen3.5 4B is the newest, released Mar 2, 2026. AutoGLM Phone 9B Multilingual came out Dec 10, 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.

05 — Keep comparing

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