Models

GLM 4.6 Vision vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

Compare GLM 4.6 Vision from Z.AI and Qwen3.8 Max Preview from Qwen on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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GLM 4.6 Vision
Z.AI · text, image, video → text

Zhipu's latest visual reasoning model achieves state-of-the-art visual understanding accuracy at the same scale upon release. It natively supports tool invocation, can automatically complete tasks, supports ultra-long 128K context length, and allows flexible toggling of reasoning.

Input$0.14 /M
Output$0.41 /M
Qwen logo
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Qwen · text, image → text

Qwen 3.8 Max Preview(Qwen3.8-Max-Preview) is the latest-generation foundation model in the Qwen family, packing 2.4T parameters and still evolving. Compared with the previous flagship Qwen 3.7 Max, it delivers major gains in core capabilities like Coding and Cowork (professional productivity), with world-leading performance on complex, long-horizon tasks such as full-stack development, data analysis, and Office workflows. Launch offer: Credits are consumed at just 20% of the standard rate, effectively 5× your usage. Limited time only.

Input$0.34 /M
Output$1.01 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

GLM 4.6 Vision
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Input /M
$0.14
$0.34
Output /M
$0.41
$1.01
Cache read /M
$0.03
$0.03
Context length
128,000
983,616
Max output
128,000
131,072
Time to First Token
11.1 s
2.4 s
Throughput
35.4 tok/s
48.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimagevideo
textimage
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
API Formats
Released
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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LMArena Benchmarks

LMArena ratings by capability (Bradley-Terry, commonly called Elo). Higher is better.

Text
glm-4.6vqwen3.8-max-preview
1320140014801560
Overall
13771481
Coding
14181520
Math
15041504
Hard prompts
13831506
Instruction following
13681478
Multi-turn
13671496
Creative writing
13441469
Longer query
13791497
Chinese
15451545
English
13951486
Vision
glm-4.6vqwen3.8-max-preview
11201180124013001360
Overall
11641302
OCR
11701317
Diagram
11851331
Homework
11531335

Source: LMArena (arena.ai) leaderboard, imported by AIHubMix. Models without published ratings are omitted per chart.

Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

GLM 4.6 Vision
$14.39 /mo
Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: GLM 4.6 Vision, Qwen3.8 Max Preview?

GLM 4.6 Vision: $0.41/M output tokens; Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.01/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520; GLM 4.6 Vision: 1418 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Which responds faster?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 2.4s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

GLM 4.6 Vision accepts 128,000 and Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 983,616 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 128,000 tokens on GLM 4.6 Vision and 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview at 48.1 tok/s and GLM 4.6 Vision at 35.4 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

GLM 4.6 Vision accepts text, image and video input; Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts text and image input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking.

Can I call GLM 4.6 Vision and Qwen3.8 Max Preview with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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