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Qwen3.8 Max Preview vs Zai Glm 5 Turbo

Compare Qwen3.8 Max Preview from Qwen and Zai Glm 5 Turbo from Z.AI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Qwen3.8 Max Preview
Qwen · text, image, video → 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$0.338 /M
Output$1.014 /M
Cache read$0.0338 /M
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Zai Glm 5 Turbo
Z.AI · text → text

Input$1.2 /M
Output$3.9996 /M
Cache read$0.24 /M
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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
$0.338
$1.2
Output /M
$1.014
$3.9996
Cache read /M
$0.0338
$0.24
Context length
1,000,000
204,800
Max output
131,072
131,072
Time to First Token
2.4 s
4.7 s
Throughput
48.1 tok/s
10.2 tok/s
Modalities
textimagevideo
text
Supported Parameters
toolsfunction callingstructured outputsweblong contextthinking
API Formats
Released
July 19, 2026
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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
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1420146015001540
Overall
14581480
Coding
14961520
Math
14391497
Hard prompts
14791502
Instruction following
14481477
Multi-turn
14711493
Creative writing
14501466
Longer query
14711492
Chinese
15261536
English
14711488
WebDev Arena
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1400150016001700
Overall
14351670
React
14251679
HTML
14521626
Gaming
14371736
Simulations
14411667
Data analytics
14291615

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: $1.014/M output tokens; Zai Glm 5 Turbo: $3.9996/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).

Which responds faster?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview: 2.4s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

How large is each context window?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts 1,000,000 and Zai Glm 5 Turbo accepts 204,800 input tokens. Maximum output per request is 131,072 tokens on Qwen3.8 Max Preview and 131,072 tokens on Zai Glm 5 Turbo.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview at 48.1 tok/s and Zai Glm 5 Turbo at 10.2 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Qwen3.8 Max Preview accepts text, image and video input and supports tool calling, function calling, structured outputs, web search, long context and thinking; Zai Glm 5 Turbo accepts text input.

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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