Head to head

Qwen3 235B vs GLM-5.3

Price, context, inputs and filters. No benchmarks theatre.

Swap sides

Both cost about the same per message.

GLM-5.3 holds 8× more context.

Fact

Qwen3 235B Alibaba

OpenChat with Qwen3 235B

GLM-5.3Z.AI

OpenChat with GLM-5.3

Made by

Alibaba

Z.AI

Content tier

Open

Intelligence

Quick

Smart & Cheap

Estimated price per message

~0.45 credits≈ 222 messages for $1

~0.42 credits≈ 238 messages for $1

Context window

131K tokens≈ 202 pages of text in one go

1M tokens≈ 1,613 pages of text in one go

Reads

Text

Writes

Text

Tool use

Yes - search, memory, code and more

Served via

OpenRouter, Unbottled AI

Status

Current

A typical message: 16K tokens in, 1.5K out. Short replies cost less. Models served via OpenRouter bill the real provider cost plus our markup, so actual charges vary. 1 credit = $0.01.

Qwen3 235B details GLM-5.3 details