GLM-5.3-Flash vs Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct
Specs, VRAM requirements and download trends — updated 24 October 2026.
Qwen · B · Open weights
Params
235.7 B
Context
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30d
916 K
apache-2.0 · commercial OK
Specification comparison
Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.
| Specification | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Open weights · also via API | Open weights · also via API |
| Parameters | 321.3 B | 235.7 B |
| Architecture | Glm5NextForConditionalGeneration | Qwen3VLMoeForConditionalGeneration |
| Context length | 1,048,575 | 131,072 |
| Licence | mit | apache-2.0 |
| Commercial use | Allowed | Allowed |
| Languages | 2 | — |
| Downloads 30d | 6,319,699 | 916,424 |
| Downloads all time | 10.3 M | 9.2 M |
| Quantizations on the Hub | SAFETENSORS | SAFETENSORS |
| Gated | No | No |
| First seen on the Hub | 2026-08-25 | 2025-09-22 |
| API input price / 1M tokens | $0.15 | $0.21 |
| API output price / 1M tokens | $0.50 | $1.90 |
| Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens | $0.65 | $2.11 |
| Cached input / 1M tokens | $0.03 | $0.10 |
| AA Intelligence Index | 41.8 | 9.9 |
| AA Coding Index | 71.5 | — |
| AA Agentic Index | 50.9 | — |
| Max output tokens | 943,717 | 32,768 |
| API providers | 34 | 3 |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning mode | Yes | No |
API cost
Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter
GLM-5.3-Flash
$0.65
Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct
$2.11
GLM-5.3-Flash is 3.2× cheaper at list price.
Download trend
Daily snapshots, last 56 days (30 Aug – 24 Oct)
6.6 M190 K
GLM-5.3-Flash
Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct
A overtook B on 11 Sep
VRAM side by side
On RTX 4090 · 24 GB · 8K context unless noted
GLM-5.3-Flash · fp16
409.9 GB / 24 GB
Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct · fp16
554.3 GB / 24 GB