Qwen3.8 Flash vs GLM-5.3

rates, context and capabilities side by side on the impossibl api, and what the same workload costs on each.

the models at a glance: base rates, context window and modalities
specificationQwen3.8 Flash

qwen/qwen3.8-flash

GLM-5.3

zai/glm-5.3

input · usd / 1m tok$0.15$1.40
output · usd / 1m tok$0.47$4.40
context window1mtokens1mtokens
modalities · in → out

takes text and image in, gives text out

takes text in, gives text out

pricing

base api rates by model
base api rates · usd per 1m tokensQwen3.8 Flash

qwen/qwen3.8-flash

GLM-5.3

zai/glm-5.3

input$0.15$1.40
output$0.47$4.40
cache read$0.016$0.26
cache write · default ttl$0.20not published

the estimate below prices one workload at these rates on every model.

specifications

published specifications by model
as publishedQwen3.8 Flash

qwen/qwen3.8-flash

GLM-5.3

zai/glm-5.3

creatorQwenZ.AI
model typeText generationText generation
context window1,000,000tokens1,000,000tokens
input

takes text and image in, gives text out

takes text in, gives text out

outputtexttext
tool callingnot verifiednot verified
releasednot publishedaug 14, 2026
endpoint/v1/chat/completions/v1/chat/completions

unknown means the public catalog does not establish that fact. a model's documented capabilities can differ from what a particular api supports. see the model documentation for integration details.

benchmarks

benchmark scores by model, primary tested configuration
primary configurationQwen3.8 Flash

qwen/qwen3.8-flash

no benchmarks yet

GLM-5.3

zai/glm-5.3

max

intelligence index · gateway ranknot measured44.9#7 of 90
coding indexnot measured74.8#13 of 60
agentic indexnot measured53.4#4 of 49
omnisciencenot measured14.3#20 of 86
gpqanot measured91.7%#25 of 88
humanity’s last examnot measured42.3%#22 of 89
terminal-bench v2.1not measured83.9%#15 of 57
aa-lcrnot measured79.7%
automationbench partialnot measured62.2%
scicodenot measured59.0%
tau bankingnot measured50.3%
multilingual lcrnot measured48.3%
terminal-bench v4.0not measured41.9%
critptnot measured19.1%
gdp.pdf all-passnot measured11.2%

GLM-5.3 source ↗

each column describes the tested configuration named under the model; performance and costs can differ on impossibl. a score one model was not measured on is left blank rather than scored zero. indices are ranked against every model on the gateway with one. last checked 2026-09-11.

estimate your cost

one token workload, priced on every model at the published rates, in usd. change the numbers to match yours.

token workload

total input, including cached tokens

include billable reasoning tokens

the same token usage in each request

a subset of total input, never additional tokens

Qwen3.8 Flash

qwen/qwen3.8-flash

estimated usage cost

$0.385

1,000 requests × (1,000 uncached input × $0.15 + 500 output × $0.47) / 1,000,000 = $0.385

base rates; no context pricing tiers are published.

GLM-5.3

zai/glm-5.3

estimated usage cost

$3.60

1,000 requests × (1,000 uncached input × $1.40 + 500 output × $4.40) / 1,000,000 = $3.60

base rates; no context pricing tiers are published.

estimates use published impossibl api usage rates. configured billing adjustments, funding fees, taxes, and custom workspace rates are excluded and may change the final amount.

image and audio usage, cache creation, and additional tool charges are excluded. reasoning tokens count as billable output, even when they are not visible in the response.

summary

Qwen3.8 Flash and GLM-5.3 are available through the Impossibl API. they share the /v1/chat/completions endpoint; the model identifier selects the model for a request.

Qwen3.8 Flash is created by Qwen. It has a 1,000,000-token context window. Base API pricing (USD): $0.15 per million input tokens; $0.47 per million output tokens.

GLM-5.3 is created by Z.AI. It has a 1,000,000-token context window. Base API pricing (USD): $1.40 per million input tokens; $4.40 per million output tokens.

Qwen3.8 FlashGLM-5.3

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