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Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 vs GLM 5 Turbo

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 (Qwen) and GLM 5 Turbo (Z.ai) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 3 September 2026

As of 3 September 2026, GLM 5 Turbo holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#44 vs #67); Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is 20.7× cheaper per output token ($0.193/1M vs $4.00/1M); Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 offers the longer context window (262K vs 203K tokens); and Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 if…

  • API cost matters — $0.193/1M output tokens against $4.00/1M, about 20.7× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.048/1M against $1.20/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 262K tokens against 203K.
  • you want to self-host: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 ships open weights while GLM 5 Turbo is api only.
  • you want provider choice — 5 listed API providers against 1.

Choose GLM 5 Turbo if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #44 against #67 (52.7 vs 41.2 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — GLM 5 Turbo was listed 15 March 2026, Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 29 July 2025.

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 vs GLM 5 Turbo: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 and GLM 5 Turbo
FieldQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507QwenGLM 5 TurboZ.ai
ModelCap Index position#67#44
Index score41.252.7
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.048$1.20
Output price / 1M tokens$0.193$4.00
Context window262K tokens203K tokens
Max output tokens32K131K
API providers listed51
Weight accessOpen weightsAPI only
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed29 July 202515 March 2026
PublisherQwenZ.ai

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 vs GLM 5 Turbo

Public benchmark boards where Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 or GLM 5 Turbo has a published result
BoardQwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507GLM 5 TurboLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14391430–1448—Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)41.4Function calling—Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—39.1intelligence-indexOnly one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis—98.5%tau2-bench-telecomOnly one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis—27.8%humanitys-last-examOnly one result
WildClawBench OpenClawWildClawBench—33.9Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 vs GLM 5 Turbo: common questions

Is Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 better than GLM 5 Turbo?

GLM 5 Turbo ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 3 September 2026: #44 against #67. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 cheaper than GLM 5 Turbo?

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 is cheaper on output tokens: $0.193/1M against $4.00/1M. Input tokens are $0.048/1M for Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 and $1.20/1M for GLM 5 Turbo. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 or GLM 5 Turbo?

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 has the larger context window: 262K tokens against 203K.

Which is better for coding, Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 or GLM 5 Turbo?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 and GLM 5 Turbo open-weight models?

Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507: Open weights. GLM 5 Turbo: API only. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 and GLM 5 Turbo?

ModelCap currently lists 5 API providers for Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 and 1 for GLM 5 Turbo, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Qwen3 30B A3B Instruct 2507 vs GLM 5 Turbo comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 3 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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