GLM-5.3 (Max) vs Qwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning)

GLM-5.3 (Max) vs Qwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

Z AIGLM-5.3 (Max)Off the frontier
Intelligence
44.80
Total cost
$2503
AlibabaQwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning)Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
7.60
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGLM-5.3 (Max)Qwen3 30B A3B (Reasoning)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)44.87.6−83.0% Qwen3 30B A3B (Reason… is 83.0% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,503.48Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)28.28s15.89s−43.8% Qwen3 30B A3B (Reason… is 43.8% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$1.40 / $4.40$0.14 / $0.55
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