GLM-5.3 (Low) vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Which is better for the money: GLM-5.3 (Low) by Z AI or Qwen3.7 Plus by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

Z AIGLM-5.3 (Low)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 34.30
Total cost: $1013

AlibabaQwen3.7 PlusOff the frontier

Intelligence: 25.20
Total cost: $428

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GLM-5.3 (Low) scores 9.1 points higher (34.3 vs 25.2) but costs 2.4× as much to run the benchmark ($1013 vs $428; premium vs mid-range cost classes). Pick GLM-5.3 (Low) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Qwen3.7 Plus.

Metric	GLM-5.3 (Low)	Qwen3.7 Plus	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	34.3	25.2	−26.5% Qwen3.7 Plus is 26.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$1,012.50	$427.73	−57.8% Qwen3.7 Plus is 57.8% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	31.07s	47.00s	+51.3% Qwen3.7 Plus is 51.3% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.40 / $4.40	$0.40 / $1.60
Input modalities	Text	Text, Image, Video

Qwen3.7 Plus vs GLM-5.3 (Low): 26.5% less intelligence, 57.8% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 51.3% slower end-to-end.

Open this matchup in the interactive picker GLM-5.3 (Low): what beats it Qwen3.7 Plus: what beats it

Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GLM-5.3 (Low) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 51.00 for $662.
Qwen3.7 Plus is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.

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