Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct vs GLM 4.5 Air

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct at $0.103 in and $1.26 out and GLM 4.5 Air at $0.149 in and $0.978 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

Qwen

0.15¢

for a client proposal

$0.103 in · $1.26 out / 1M

262K context · released September 2025

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GLM 4.5 Air

Z.ai

0.15¢

for a client proposal

$0.149 in · $0.978 out / 1M

131K context · released July 2025

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.31¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct at $0.103 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: GLM 4.5 Air at $0.978 per million tokens.
Largest context: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct at 262K tokens — about 370 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

0.08¢

GLM 4.5 Air

0.08¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

0.15¢

GLM 4.5 Air

0.15¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

2.1¢

GLM 4.5 Air

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

0.49¢

GLM 4.5 Air

0.62¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

3¢

GLM 4.5 Air

needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

Drag the slider to adjust the split between input and output workload.

80% Input20% Output

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

GLM 4.5 Air

Adjust the ratio slider to change how output tokens influence the final price for equivalent workloads.

Pricing

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

GLM 4.5 Air

Input / 1M tokens

$0.103

$0.149

Output / 1M tokens

$1.26

$0.978

Cached input / 1M

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$0.029

Specs

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

GLM 4.5 Air

Provider

Qwen

Z.ai

Released

September 2025

July 2025

Context window

262K

131K

Max output

16K

98K

Input

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Shows its thinking

Knowledge cutoff

2025-09-30

2024-12-31

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct

Qwen

0.08¢

for this task

25% input · 75% output

Full pricing →

GLM 4.5 Air

Z.ai

0.08¢

for this task

38% input · 62% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.16¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 3,072 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct has the largest context window here — 262K tokens.

On price they are identical: about 0.15¢ for a typical task each.

If you want to watch the model think, GLM 4.5 Air shows reasoning; the other answers directly.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct or GLM 4.5 Air?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out) they cost the same — about 0.15¢ each. Compare them on context and capabilities instead.

Which has the largest context window?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct — 262K tokens, about 370 pages.

Can I run Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct and GLM 4.5 Air side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.31¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.31¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.