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Z.ai: GLM 4.6 vs Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Compare Z.ai: GLM 4.6 and Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct by providers, context, price, and TrustedRouter route support.
Onebase URL to migrate
100sof models and routes
Noneprompt logs by default
Compare routesProviders, price, context, and policy posture in one view.
Use auto when uptime mattersKeep a primary model and let fallback handle provider failures.
Same API shapeUse the OpenAI client and set the model you want.
Practical read
Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct has the lower cheapest prompt+completion route on TrustedRouter. Z.ai: GLM 4.6 has more provider fallback routes, while Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct has the larger context window. Current TrustedRouter probes show Z.ai: GLM 4.6 with the lower p50 TTFT.
$2.289/1MZ.ai: GLM 4.6 cheapest route
$1.134/1MQwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct cheapest route
1177 msZ.ai: GLM 4.6 measured p50 TTFT
3205 msQwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct measured p50 TTFT
Z.ai: GLM 4.6Qwen: Qwen3 VL 235B A22B Instruct
Model id
z-ai/glm-4.6qwen/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b-instruct
PublisherZ.AIDeepInfra
AI IQ
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Context204,800 tokens262,144 tokens
Provider routes76
Cheapest route$2.289/1M$1.134/1M
Privacy posturehas provider E2EE routehas ZDR route
Modes
chat
chat
Z.ai: GLM 4.6 routes
Production choice
Pick a default model. Keep fallback enabled.
TrustedRouter is useful when you know the model you want, but still need provider rollover, budget limits, usage records, and a prompt path you can verify.
OpenAI clientPython
client = OpenAI(
base_url="https://api.trustedrouter.com/v1",
api_key="sk-tr-v1-..."
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="z-ai/glm-4.6",
messages=messages,
)