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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

GLM-5V-Turbo vs Qwen3.5 122B-A10B

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B comes out ahead, 58 to 49 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Z.ai (Zhipu)

    GLM-5V-Turbo

    Released Apr 1, 2026

    49/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$1.20 / $4.00
    • Context200K
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  2. Our pick

    Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3.5 122B-A10B

    Released Feb 23, 2026

    58/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.40 / $3.20
    • Context262K
    Full specs Remove Qwen3.5 122B-A10B

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01 — Verdict

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is our pick

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is the better all-round choice, scoring 58/100 against GLM-5V-Turbo (49). It leads on price, 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 122B-A10BQwen3.5 122B-A10B $1.10 · GLM-5V-Turbo $1.90 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextQwen3.5 122B-A10BQwen3.5 122B-A10B 262,144 · GLM-5V-Turbo 200,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsSame inputsGLM-5V-Turbo: Text, Images, PDFs, Video · Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: Text, Images, Audio, Video
  • Self-hostingQwen3.5 122B-A10BPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGLM-5V-TurboQwen3.5 122B-A10B
Price50%3748
Inputs & features30%8090
Context window20%3237
Overall100%49/10058/100

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.

GLM-5V-Turbo vs Qwen3.5 122B-A10B specifications side by side
SpecificationGLM-5V-TurboZ.ai (Zhipu)Qwen3.5 122B-A10BAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)——
ECI rank——
Price per million tokens
Input$1.20$0.40 (best)
Output$4.00$3.20 (best)
Cached input$0.24—
Blended (3:1)$1.90$1.10 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Z.AI APIOfficial Alibaba API
Limits
Context window200,000 tokens262,144 tokens (best)
Max output131,072 tokens (best)65,536 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesYes
PDFsYesNo
AudioNoYes
VideoYesYes
ReasoningYesYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoYes
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpen
API model IDglm-5v-turboqwen3.5-122b-a10b
API providers1419 (best)
ReleasedApr 1, 2026Feb 23, 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.

  • GLM-5V-Turbo$20.00
  • Qwen3.5 122B-A10B$10.40
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: GLM-5V-Turbo or Qwen3.5 122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is the better all-round choice, scoring 58/100 against GLM-5V-Turbo (49). It leads on price, 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, GLM-5V-Turbo or Qwen3.5 122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is cheaper at $0.40 input / $3.20 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). GLM-5V-Turbo costs $1.20 input / $4.00 output per million tokens (official Z.AI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $1.10 per million tokens for Qwen3.5 122B-A10B versus $1.90 for GLM-5V-Turbo (1.7× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. GLM-5V-Turbo has not been scored yet and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for GLM-5V-Turbo and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has the largest context window at 262,144 tokens, against 200,000 for GLM-5V-Turbo. Maximum output per response: GLM-5V-Turbo up to 131,072, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B up to 65,536 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

GLM-5V-Turbo accepts text, images, PDFs and video; Qwen3.5 122B-A10B accepts text, images, audio and video. They handle the same number of input types.

Are any of these open source?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; GLM-5V-Turbo is proprietary.

Which is newer?

GLM-5V-Turbo is the newest, released Apr 1, 2026. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B came out Feb 23, 2026.

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 Oct 4, 2026.

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