GLM-5 vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct Comparison

Comparing GLM-5 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

GLM-5 and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct costs less

For input processing, GLM-5 ($1.00/1M tokens) is 6.7x more expensive than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct ($0.15/1M tokens).

For output processing, GLM-5 ($3.20/1M tokens) is 2.1x more expensive than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct ($1.50/1M tokens).

In conclusion, GLM-5 is more expensive than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

Tue Mar 17 2026 • llm-stats.com

GLM-5

Input tokens$1.00

Output tokens$3.20

Best providerUnknown Organization

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Input tokens$0.15

Output tokens$1.50

Best providerNovita

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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

664.0B diff

GLM-5 has 664.0B more parameters than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct, making it 830.0% larger.

GLM-5

744.0Bparameters

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

80.0Bparameters

744.0B

GLM-5

80.0B

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

GLM-5 accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct's 65,536 tokens. GLM-5 can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is limited to 65,536 tokens.

GLM-5

Input200,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Input65,536 tokens

Output65,536 tokens

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License

Usage and distribution terms

GLM-5 is licensed under MIT, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

GLM-5

MIT

Open weights

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

GLM-5 was released on 2026-02-11, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct was released on 2025-09-10.

GLM-5 is 5 months newer than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct.

GLM-5

Feb 11, 2026

1 months ago

5mo newer

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Sep 10, 2025

6 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Provider Availability

GLM-5 is available from ZAI. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is available from Novita. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.