GLM-5.2 (Non-reasoning) vs Qwen3.8 27B (Non-reasoning)

Z AI · Alibaba · catalog 2026-09-14

Qwen3.8 27B (Non-reasoning) beats GLM-5.2 (Non-reasoning): cheaper ($0.435 vs $0.902/M) and at least as smart (index 22.4 vs 22.4).

	GLM-5.2 (Non-reasoning)	Qwen3.8 27B (Non-reasoning)
Speed (tok/s)	129.7 measured	44.8 measured
Blended $/M	$0.902 derived	$0.435 derived
Intelligence index	22.4 measured	22.4 measured
TTFT (ms)	178 measured	398 measured
Context	—	—
Coding index	47 measured	45 measured
Agentic index	not measured for both

GLM-5.2 (Non-reasoning) card · Qwen3.8 27B (Non-reasoning) 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.