Quasar 438B (Max, Based on GLM-5.2) vs Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning)

Which is better for the money: Quasar 438B (Max, Based on GLM-5.2) by Multiverse Computing or Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.

Trade-off

Multiverse ComputingQuasar 438B (Max, Based on GLM-5.2)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 26.70
Total cost: $246

AlibabaQwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 12.70
Total cost: $234

Verdict

Depends on your budget

Quasar 438B (Max, Based on GLM-5.2) scores 14.0 points higher (26.7 vs 12.7) but costs 1.1× as much to run the benchmark ($246 vs $234; both mid-range class). Pick Quasar 438B (Max, Based on GLM-5.2) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning).

Metric	Quasar 438B (Max, Based on GLM-5.2)	Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	26.7	12.7	−52.4% Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 … is 52.4% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$246.48	$233.56	−5.2% Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 … is 5.2% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	16.51s	22.73s	+37.7% Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 … is 37.7% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$0.11 / $0.33	$0.23 / $2.30
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Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning) vs Quasar 438B (Max, Based on GLM-5.2): 52.4% less intelligence, 5.2% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 37.7% slower end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

Quasar 438B (Max, Based on GLM-5.2) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
Qwen3 235B A22B 2507 (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.

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