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Composite scores, benchmark ranks, capability grids, and pricing per million tokens. All sourced from the same data that powers the model atlas.

GLM-5.3-Flash vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

GLM-5.3-Flash4stats won
Tied2stats
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next0stats won
Spec showdown

Capacity, price, freshness.

GLM-5.3-FlashvsQwen3.8-Flash-Next

Composite scores are within 5 points — 69 for GLM-5.3-Flash vs 68 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next. The choice comes down to capability profile and price. GLM-5.3-Flash has the higher benchmark mix (69 vs 68). GLM-5.3-Flash's 1M context window dwarfs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next's 262K — a meaningful difference for long-document or codebase work.

  1. Composite score
    GLM-5.3-Flash69Winner on this rowQwen3.8-Flash-Next68
  2. Benchmark mix
    GLM-5.3-Flash69Winner on this rowQwen3.8-Flash-Next68
  3. Context window
    GLM-5.3-Flash1MWinner on this rowQwen3.8-Flash-Next262K
  4. Max output
    GLM-5.3-Flash—Qwen3.8-Flash-Next—
  5. Input price / 1M (lower wins)
    GLM-5.3-Flash$0.15Qwen3.8-Flash-Next$0.15
  6. Output speed (AA default API)
    GLM-5.3-Flash61 t/sWinner on this rowQwen3.8-Flash-Next51 t/s
Composite score
69Winner on this row
vs
68
Benchmark mix
69Winner on this row
vs
68
Context window
1MWinner on this row
vs
262K
Max output
—
vs
—
Input price / 1M (lower wins)
$0.15
vs
$0.15
Output speed (AA default API)
61 t/sWinner on this row
vs
51 t/s
Capability grid

What each model can do.

Modalities

GLM-5.3-FlashQwen3.8-Flash-Next
Text●●
Image——
Audio——
Video——
Code●●
Tool use●●
Reasoning●●

Access

GLM-5.3-FlashQwen3.8-Flash-Next
API●●
Consumer app——
Open weights●●
Managed cloud——
On-device——
Family profile

Top score per benchmark family.

Reasoning
91
vs
92Winner on this row
Coding
52Winner on this row
vs
51
Agentic
84
vs
86Winner on this row
Long context
80
vs
80
Benchmark ranks

Every shared benchmark, side by side.

Reasoning

GPQA Diamond#33/184 · #25/184
91.2%
vs
92.3%Winner on this row
Humanity's Last Exam#44/186 · #52/186
39.9%Winner on this row
vs
38%

Coding

SciCode#38/97 · #45/97
51.6%Winner on this row
vs
50.6%

Agentic

Terminal-Bench#16/167 · #12/167
84.27%
vs
86.14%Winner on this row

Long context

AA-LCR#41/184 · #47/184
80%Winner on this row
vs
79.67%

Performance

AA output speed#100/195 · #120/195
61 t/sWinner on this row
vs
51 t/s
Dossier facts

Dates, sources, fineprint.

GLM-5.3-FlashQwen3.8-Flash-Next
ProviderZhipuAlibaba
FamilyGLMQwen
Release date2026-08-262026-08-26
Knowledge cutoffunpublishedunpublished
Context window1M262K
Max output——
Input price /1M$0.15$0.15
Output price /1M$0.50$0.47
Statussolidsolid
Composite score6968
Intelligence score6968
Intel sourcecompositecomposite
Benchmark rows66
Source count11
Freshnessfreshfresh
Pricing checked2026-09-012026-09-01
Ecosystem

Which tools wrap each model.

GLM-5.3-Flash

Not listed in any tool yet.

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Not listed in any tool yet.

Verdict

Which model to actually pick.

Composite scores are within 5 points — 69 for GLM-5.3-Flash vs 68 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next. The choice comes down to capability profile and price. GLM-5.3-Flash has the higher benchmark mix (69 vs 68). GLM-5.3-Flash's 1M context window dwarfs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next's 262K — a meaningful difference for long-document or codebase work.

Questions this comparison answers

Every answer below is assembled from the dated fields on this page. Nothing is written separately for search.

Should you use GLM-5.3-Flash or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Composite scores are within 5 points — 69 for GLM-5.3-Flash vs 68 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next. The choice comes down to capability profile and price. GLM-5.3-Flash has the higher benchmark mix (69 vs 68). GLM-5.3-Flash's 1M context window dwarfs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next's 262K — a meaningful difference for long-document or codebase work.

Is GLM-5.3-Flash or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next cheaper?

GLM-5.3-Flash: $0.15 / $0.50. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: $0.15 / $0.47.

How do the GLM-5.3-Flash and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next context windows compare?

GLM-5.3-Flash: 1M. Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: 262K.