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GLM 5V Turbo vs Qwen3 30B A3B

GLM 5V Turbo leads Qwen3 30B A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 23.5 to 7.6, and Qwen3 30B A3B costs 8.0x less per output token ($0.50 vs $4.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 39 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace GLM 5V Turbo Replace Qwen3 30B A3B
GLM 5V TurboZ.ai
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$4.00
39
Qwen3 30B A3BQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
38.2
Output $/M
$0.50
0
vs boards won of 39 shared

GLM 5V Turbo or Qwen3 30B A3B: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick GLM 5V Turbo for a larger context window (203K against 41K tokens).

Model AGLM 5V TurboZ.aiNot benchmarked1 independent benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3 30B A3BQwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
39
GLM 5V Turbo only
26
Qwen3 30B A3B only
13
Like-for-like categories
8 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
GLM 5V Turbo not benchmarked, Qwen3 30B A3B not benchmarked.
Widest category
Agentic work, 72.5 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
τ²-Bench Telecom: GLM 5V Turbo 98.5% against Qwen3 30B A3B 26.0%, 72.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
GLM 5V Turbo $4.00 against Qwen3 30B A3B $0.50 per million output tokens, 8.0x apart.
Context window
GLM 5V Turbo takes 203K tokens, Qwen3 30B A3B 41K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGLM 5V TurboBarsQwen3 30B A3BTies
Coding30
Intelligence10
Agentic work10
Reasoning50
Math20
Knowledge40
Web design50
General180
All shared boards390
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index30
Coding benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and Qwen3 30B A3B
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboQwen3 30B A3BLeader
LMArena WebDev1402Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured50.6%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)32.6%6.8%GLM 5V Turbo
WeirdMLNot measured29.8%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: coding14661337GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: software and IT14601340GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena WebDev: React1386Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena WebDev: HTML1356Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena WebDev: from an image1425Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and Qwen3 30B A3B
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboQwen3 30B A3BLeader
AA Intelligence Index23.57.6GLM 5V Turbo
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured137.3Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and Qwen3 30B A3B
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboQwen3 30B A3BLeader
Design Arena: agents building web apps1124Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps1149Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps1134Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Design Arena: agents building Android apps1267Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Design Arena: agents building Godot games957Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Design Arena: agents building games1102Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Design Arena: HTML slides1070Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides1128Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
τ²-Bench Telecom98.5%26.0%GLM 5V Turbo
Neither model has a result on the other 32 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Reasoning benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and Qwen3 30B A3B
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboQwen3 30B A3BLeader
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)80.9%61.6%GLM 5V Turbo
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)17.1%6.2%GLM 5V Turbo
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured61.7%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14431314GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: expert14531314GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14561329GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Vision: diagrams1286Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: homework1273Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and Qwen3 30B A3B
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboQwen3 30B A3BLeader
AA Math IndexNot measured72.3Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured72.3%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured62.8%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: math14421355GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: mathematical work14471363GLM 5V Turbo
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and Qwen3 30B A3B
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboQwen3 30B A3BLeader
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured77.7%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: science14481321GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14331318GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: legal and government14361314GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: business and finance14351309GLM 5V Turbo
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Web design benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and Qwen3 30B A3B
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboQwen3 30B A3BLeader
Design Arena: websites1230954GLM 5V Turbo
Design Arena: UI components1210943GLM 5V Turbo
Design Arena: game dev1218898GLM 5V Turbo
Design Arena: data viz1202967GLM 5V Turbo
Design Arena: 3D1208Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Design Arena: all code categories1227941GLM 5V Turbo
Design Arena: SVG1150Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1117Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index180
General benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and Qwen3 30B A3B
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboQwen3 30B A3BLeader
IFBench61.1%41.5%GLM 5V Turbo
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)70.3%0.0%GLM 5V Turbo
DTBenchNot measured60.3%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
LMCANot measured15.8%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
Fiction.LiveBenchNot measured40.6%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)Not measured75.3%Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text14371317GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: instruction following14231283GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: creative writing14171271GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Vision1264Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Text: English14541335GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: non-English14201295GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: Chinese14911347GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: German14221307GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: JapaneseNot measured1254Only Qwen3 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: Korean13971261GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: French14431352GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: Spanish14521317GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: Russian14321291GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: Polish14321299GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: multi-turn14311307GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: longer queries14381312GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: writing and language14201290GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14071258GLM 5V Turbo
LMArena Vision: English1274Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1329Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1270Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: humor1268Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: captioning1264Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1241Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1252Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
LMArena Document1416Not measuredOnly GLM 5V Turbo measured
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for GLM 5V Turbo and Qwen3 30B A3B
BenchmarkGLM 5V TurboQwen3 30B A3BLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

GLM 5V Turbo$0.0032Fits in one request
Qwen3 30B A3B$0.0004Fits in one request

Qwen3 30B A3B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

GLM 5V Turbo$0.072Fits in one request
Qwen3 30B A3B$0.0075Exceeds the context window

Qwen3 30B A3B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

GLM 5V Turbo$0.280Exceeds the context window
Qwen3 30B A3B$0.029Exceeds the context window

Qwen3 30B A3B costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of GLM 5V Turbo and Qwen3 30B A3B
SpecificationZ.ai GLM 5V TurboQwen3 30B A3B
MakerZ.aiQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedApril 1, 2026April 28, 2025
Context window203K41K
Input $/Mtok$1.20$0.12
Output $/Mtok$4.00$0.50
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it10
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is GLM 5V Turbo better than Qwen3 30B A3B for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GLM 5V Turbo for a larger context window (203K against 41K tokens).

Which is cheaper, GLM 5V Turbo or Qwen3 30B A3B?

GLM 5V Turbo costs $1.20 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3 30B A3B costs $0.12 and $0.50. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

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

GLM 5V Turbo, with 203K tokens against 41K.

How many benchmarks is the GLM 5V Turbo vs Qwen3 30B A3B comparison based on?

39 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. GLM 5V Turbo's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Qwen3 30B A3B's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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