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Qwen3.5-27B vs GLM 5

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Qwen3.5-27B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Supports vision

GLM 5 wins:

  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Qwen3.5-27B
Benchmark Advantage
GLM 5
Context Window
Qwen3.5-27B
Speed
Qwen3.5-27B

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureQwen3.5-27BGLM 5
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyQwen3.5-27BGLM 5
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorQwenZ-ai
ReleasedFeb 2026Feb 2026

Qwen3.5-27B Modalities

Input
textimagevideo
Output
text

GLM 5 Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3.5-27B has cheaper input pricing at $0.20/M tokens. Qwen3.5-27B has cheaper output pricing at $0.90/M tokens.
GLM 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 39.0, compared to Qwen3.5-27B's score of 33.4.
Qwen3.5-27B has a 262,144 token context window, while GLM 5 has a 202,752 token context window.
Qwen3.5-27B supports vision. GLM 5 does not support vision.