qwen3-max vs GLM-5.1
Side-by-side comparison of qwen3-max and GLM-5.1: benchmarks, pricing, context window and capabilities. Both are accessible through Requesty's unified API. GLM-5.1 outperforms qwen3-max on 7 of 7 shared benchmarks.
qwen3-max
Input / 1M
$0.86
Output / 1M
$3.44
Context
262K
Model ID
alibaba/qwen3-max
GLM-5.1
Input / 1M
$1.40
Output / 1M
$4.40
Context
200K
Model ID
zai/GLM-5.1
Benchmark comparison
Intelligence Indexreasoning
qwen3-max39.8%
GLM-5.151.4%
Coding Indexcoding
qwen3-max30.5%
GLM-5.143.4%
GPQA Diamondreasoning
qwen3-max86.1%
GLM-5.186.8%
Terminal-Bench Hardagentic
qwen3-max24.2%
GLM-5.143.2%
τ²-Benchagentic
qwen3-max83.6%
GLM-5.197.7%
SciCodecoding
qwen3-max43.1%
GLM-5.143.8%
Humanity's Last Examreasoning
qwen3-max26.2%
GLM-5.128.0%
Scores sourced from official model cards, Artificial Analysis, and public leaderboards. Benchmarks measure specific skills and don't capture every aspect of model quality.
Pricing & specifications
| qwen3-max | GLM-5.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input price / 1M | $0.86 | $1.40 |
| Output price / 1M | $3.44 | $4.40 |
| Context window | 262K tokens | 200K tokens |
| Max output | 66K tokens | 128K tokens |
| Vision input | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning | N/A | Yes |
| Prompt caching | Yes | Yes |
| Computer use | N/A | N/A |
| Provider | Alibaba Cloud | Z.ai |
Questions people ask
Is qwen3-max better than GLM-5.1?
GLM-5.1 outperforms qwen3-max on 7 of 7 shared benchmarks. See the benchmark comparison above for specifics: qwen3-max and GLM-5.1 have different strengths across reasoning, coding, math and multimodal tasks.
Which is cheaper, qwen3-max or GLM-5.1?
qwen3-max is cheaper. qwen3-max costs $0.86/$3.44 per 1M input/output tokens, while GLM-5.1 costs $1.40/$4.40.
Can I use qwen3-max and GLM-5.1 through the same API?
Yes. Requesty provides a single OpenAI-compatible API that routes to both. Change just the "model" parameter to switch between "alibaba/qwen3-max" and "zai/GLM-5.1", no other code changes needed.
What are the context windows?
qwen3-max supports up to 262K tokens of context. GLM-5.1 supports up to 200K tokens. Longer context means you can feed larger documents or codebases in a single prompt, though quality often degrades past 128K for most models.
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