Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking vs Z.ai GLM 4.6V
Side by side from live data: prices, limits, who serves each model and how reliably, and how they do on our chess arena.
In short
- Both cost about the same at a typical 3:1 input/output mix.
- Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking accepts longer prompts: 262K vs 131K tokens.
- Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking's best provider was more reliable over 24 h: 100% vs 99.15%.
- GLM 4.6V is the newer model (released 2025-12-08).
| Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking | GLM 4.6V | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Qwen | Z.ai |
| Released | 2025-10-06 | 2025-12-08 |
| Input / 1M | $0.29 | $0.30 |
| Output / 1M | $1.00 | $0.90 |
| Cached input / 1M | — | $0.05 |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.467 | $0.45 |
| Context | 262K | 131K |
| Max output | 236K | 33K |
| Accepts | text, image | text, image, video |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 1 | 2 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $1.00 | $0.90 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 100% | 99.15% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | Operational | — |
Cost calculator
Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking
$32.40 per month$1.08 per day
GLM 4.6V
$31.50 per month$1.05 per day
GLM 4.6V saves $0.90 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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