GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal vs Qwen3 Coder Plus

Price, context window & benchmark comparison

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

Z.ai (Zhipu)

$0.37 / $1.25

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

Qwen3 Coder Plus

Qwen (Alibaba)

$0.65 / $3.25

Input / Output · per 1M tokens

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Verdict: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal is 2.2× cheaper than Qwen3 Coder Plus on a typical 3:1 input/output mix. GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal has the larger context window (1M vs 1M).

	GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal	Qwen3 Coder Plus
Input price / 1M	$0.37	$0.65
Output price / 1M	$1.25	$3.25
Blended price (3:1)	$0.59	$1.30
Cached input / 1M	$0.075	$0.13
Context window	1M	1M
Max output	131K	66K
Intelligence index	—	—
Coding index	—	—
Providers	1	—
Best provider uptime (30m)	100.0%	—
Vision input	Yes	No
Reasoning	Yes	No
Tool calling	Yes	Yes
Released	2026-11-02	2025-09-23
Retirement	—	2026-10-09

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Input tokens / requestOutput tokens / requestRequests / day

FAQ

Which is cheaper, GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal or Qwen3 Coder Plus?

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal is 2.2× cheaper than Qwen3 Coder Plus on a typical 3:1 input/output mix.

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal vs Qwen3 Coder Plus: which has a bigger context window?

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal: 1,048,576 tokens. Qwen3 Coder Plus: 1,000,000 tokens.

How much would 1 million requests cost?

At 2,000 input + 500 output tokens per request: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal ≈ $1,365, Qwen3 Coder Plus ≈ $2,925.

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