Models

Qwen3.8 Max Preview vs Zai Glm 5 Turbo

Output tokens cost $1.01 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview and $4.00 per million on Zai Glm 5 Turbo. Input tokens cost $0.34 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview and $1.20 per million on Zai Glm 5 Turbo. Cached input tokens are billed at $0.03 per million on Qwen3.8 Max Preview and $0.24 per million on Zai Glm 5 Turbo. On the LMArena coding leaderboard Qwen3.8 Max Preview scores 1520 and Zai Glm 5 Turbo scores 1496.

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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
Z.AI logo
Zai Glm 5 Turbo
Z.AI · → text

Input$1.20 /M
Output$4.00 /M

Pricing & Specifications

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

Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Zai Glm 5 Turbo
Input /M
$0.34
$1.20
Output /M
$1.01
$4.00
Cache read /M
$0.03
$0.24
Context length
983,616
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Max output
131,072
0
Time to First Token
2.4 s
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Throughput
48.1 tok/s
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Modalities
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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
qwen3.8-max-previewzai-glm-5-turbo
14201460150015401580
Overall
14581481
Coding
14961520
Math
14391504
Hard prompts
14791506
Instruction following
14481478
Multi-turn
14711496
Creative writing
14501469
Longer query
14711497
Chinese
15261545
English
14711486
WebDev Arena
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1400150016001700
Overall
14351669
React
14251678
HTML
14521628
Gaming
14371733
Simulations
14411665
Data analytics
14291614

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.

Qwen3.8 Max Preview
$35.49 /mo
Zai Glm 5 Turbo
$132 /mo

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

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Qwen3.8 Max Preview, Zai Glm 5 Turbo?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: $1.01/M output tokens; Zai Glm 5 Turbo: $4.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

How do their coding arena scores compare?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 1520; Zai Glm 5 Turbo: 1496 (LMArena coding leaderboard).

Can I call Qwen3.8 Max Preview and Zai Glm 5 Turbo 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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