Which is cheaper, GLM 5.3 Flash or Qwen3.5-9B (batch)?

GLM 5.3 Flash is the cheaper of the two: one 1,000-word request costs about 123 toman, about 1.3× cheaper than Qwen3.5-9B (batch).

Which one has the larger context window?

GLM 5.3 Flash, with 1,310,720 tokens.

GLM 5.3 Flash vs Qwen3.5-9B (batch)

Both sit behind the same key and the same code on uttapen — the only thing that changes is the model string, so you can run each of them against your own workload without touching anything else. On cost, GLM 5.3 Flash comes out about 1.3× cheaper.

Feature	GLM 5.3 Flash	Qwen3.5-9B (batch)
Provider	Z.ai (GLM)	Qwen (Alibaba)
Model id	z-ai/glm-5.3-flash	qwen/qwen3.5-9b:batch
Context	1,310,720 tokens	262,144 tokens
Max output	131,072 tokens	235,929 tokens
Input / 1M tokens	21,759 toman	49,321 toman
Output / 1M tokens	72,531 toman	72,531 toman
≈ one 1,000-word request	123 toman	158 toman
Input caching	4,352 toman / 1M	No
Image input	Yes	Yes
File input	No	No
Tool calling	Yes	Yes
JSON output	Yes	Yes
Reasoning mode	Yes	Yes

Which one for what?

GLM 5.3 Flash

Multi-step problems, maths, and tracking down a bug
Whole documents or a codebase in a single request
Reading screenshots, invoices, and scanned forms
Agents that call your own APIs and database
High-volume work where cost per call decides

123 toman per 1,000 words · Model page

Qwen3.5-9B (batch)

Multi-step problems, maths, and tracking down a bug
Whole documents or a codebase in a single request
Reading screenshots, invoices, and scanned forms
Agents that call your own APIs and database
High-volume work where cost per call decides

158 toman per 1,000 words · Model page

Run both with the same code

Swap the model value between the two ids and send the same request twice; what each answer cost comes back in the X-Uttapen-Cost-Toman header.

curl https://api.uttapen.ir/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-up-…" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "z-ai/glm-5.3-flash",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Introduce yourself in one sentence."}],
    "stream": true
  }'

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.uttapen.ir/v1",
    api_key="sk-up-…",
)

stream = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="z-ai/glm-5.3-flash",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Introduce yourself in one sentence."}],
    stream=True,
)
for chunk in stream:
    print(chunk.choices[0].delta.content or "", end="", flush=True)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.uttapen.ir/v1",
  apiKey: "sk-up-…",
});

const stream = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "z-ai/glm-5.3-flash",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Introduce yourself in one sentence." }],
  stream: true,
});
for await (const chunk of stream) {
  process.stdout.write(chunk.choices[0]?.delta?.content ?? "");
}

<?php
// composer require openai-php/client guzzlehttp/guzzle
$client = OpenAI::factory()
    ->withBaseUri('https://api.uttapen.ir/v1')
    ->withApiKey('sk-up-…')
    ->make();

$result = $client->chat()->create([
    'model' => 'z-ai/glm-5.3-flash',
    'messages' => [['role' => 'user', 'content' => 'Introduce yourself in one sentence.']],
]);
echo $result->choices[0]->message->content;

package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"

	"github.com/openai/openai-go"
	"github.com/openai/openai-go/option"
)

func main() {
	client := openai.NewClient(
		option.WithBaseURL("https://api.uttapen.ir/v1"),
		option.WithAPIKey("sk-up-…"),
	)
	resp, err := client.Chat.Completions.New(context.Background(), openai.ChatCompletionNewParams{
		Model:    "z-ai/glm-5.3-flash",
		Messages: []openai.ChatCompletionMessageParamUnion{openai.UserMessage("Introduce yourself in one sentence.")},
	})
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(resp.Choices[0].Message.Content)
}

model = "qwen/qwen3.5-9b:batch"

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base_url = https://api.uttapen.ir/v1