GLM-5.1 (Reasoning) vs Qwen3.8 27B (low)

Z AI · Alibaba · catalog 2026-09-14

Qwen3.8 27B (low) beats GLM-5.1 (Reasoning): cheaper ($0.435 vs $0.862/M) and at least as smart (index 26.5 vs 26.4).

	GLM-5.1 (Reasoning)	Qwen3.8 27B (low)
Speed (tok/s)	71.2 measured	44.3 measured
Blended $/M	$0.862 derived	$0.435 derived
Intelligence index	26.4 measured	26.5 measured
TTFT (ms)	17 measured	395 measured
Context	205k list	—
Coding index	56 measured	58 measured
Agentic index	25 measured	4 measured

GLM-5.1 (Reasoning) card · Qwen3.8 27B (low) card · 3D observatory

Verdicts use price×intelligence dominance only, and only where both sides are measured; null cells stay null with their provenance (em-dash = not in catalog). Percentile-free by design — this page compares two models, not the field. Generated page — do not hand-edit.