Qwen3.6 35B A3B vs Z.ai GLM 4.5 Air
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.
- Qwen3.6 35B A3B accepts longer prompts: 262K vs 131K tokens.
- Qwen3.6 35B A3B is the newer model (released 2026-04-27).
| Qwen3.6 35B A3B | GLM 4.5 Air | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Qwen | Z.ai |
| Released | 2026-04-27 | 2025-07-25 |
| Input / 1M | $0.10 | $0.13 |
| Output / 1M | $0.90 | $0.85 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.025 | $0.025 |
| Blended / 1M (3:1) | $0.30 | $0.31 |
| Context | 262K | 131K |
| Max output | 236K | 98K |
| Accepts | text, image, video | text |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes |
| Providers on OpenRouter | 10 | 3 |
| Cheapest provider, output | $0.70 | $0.85 |
| Best provider uptime, 24 h | 100% | 100% |
| Chess arena rating | not playing | not playing |
| Vendor API status | Operational | — |
Cost calculator
Qwen3.6 35B A3B
$19.50 per month$0.65 per day
GLM 4.5 Air
$20.55 per month$0.69 per day
Qwen3.6 35B A3B saves $1.05 a month on this workload.
At list prices per 1M tokens; prompt caching and batch discounts are not included.
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