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Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct vs GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal: API price, context & features · api14

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct vs Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

A side-by-side comparison of Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct ($2.31 / 1M tokens) and Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal ($1.30 / 1M tokens) using current USD prices and capabilities from the api14 catalog. Both run through the same OpenAI-compatible API.

Specifications

	Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct	Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal
Provider	Qwen	Z.ai
Input	$2.31 / 1M tokens	$1.30 / 1M tokens
Output	$3.50 / 1M tokens	$4.38 / 1M tokens
Cache read	-	$0.26 / 1M tokens
Context window	32,768	1,048,576
Max output	29,491	131,072
Input	text	text, image, video
Output	text	text
Tool calling
Structured output
Reasoning control
Added	Nov 11, 2024	Nov 2, 2026

Key differences

Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal is 44% cheaper on input tokens.
Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct is 20% cheaper on output tokens.
Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal reads 32.0× more context (1,048,576 tokens).
Only Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal supports tool calling.
Only Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal supports structured JSON output.
Only Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal supports reasoning effort control.
A request with 1,000 input and 500 output tokens costs $0.00406 with Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct and $0.00348 with Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal.

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Both models use the same endpoint and request shape. Change the model value from "qwen/qwen-2.5-coder-32b-instruct" to "z-ai/glm-5.3-flashx-legal" and prompts, streaming and tools keep working.

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct details & playground →Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal details & playground →

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api14.com/api/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.API14_API_KEY,
});

const result = await client.chat.completions.create({
  "model": "z-ai/glm-5.3-flashx-legal",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Explain vector databases in two sentences."
    }
  ]
});
console.log(result.choices[0].message.content);

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct vs Z.ai: GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

Specifications

Key differences

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