Qwen3.6 Plus vs GLM 5 Turbo

API pricing, benchmark indices and specs — updated 19 October 2026.

qwen · A · API-only
Input / 1M
$0.33
Output / 1M
$1.95
AA index
27
proprietary · 1M context
z-ai · B · API-only
Input / 1M
$1.20
Output / 1M
$4.00
AA index
26.6
proprietary · 202.8K context

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification Qwen3.6 Plus GLM 5 Turbo
Deployment API-only (closed weights) API-only (closed weights)
Parameters n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Architecture n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Context length 1,000,000 202,752
Licence Proprietary Proprietary
Commercial use Per API terms Per API terms
Languages n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Downloads 30d n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Downloads all time n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Quantizations on the Hub n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Gated n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
First seen on the Hub n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
API input price / 1M tokens $0.33 $1.20
API output price / 1M tokens $1.95 $4.00
Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens $2.28 $5.20
Cached input / 1M tokens — $0.24
AA Intelligence Index 27 26.6
AA Coding Index 54.5 —
AA Agentic Index — —
Max output tokens 65,536 131,072
API providers 1 1
Tool calling Yes Yes
Reasoning mode Yes Yes

API cost

Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter

Qwen3.6 Plus $2.28
GLM 5 Turbo $5.20

Qwen3.6 Plus is 2.3× cheaper at list price.

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