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GLM 4.5 Air vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct: local, rented GPU, and API costs

Compare calculated local requirements, provider-published rented-GPU rates, and dated API rates or clearly labeled size estimates for GLM 4.5 Air and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct. Spanvero adds $0 markup.

GLM 4.5 Air vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct — cost comparison

GLM 4.5 AirQwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Parameters110.5B81.3B
Context window131.1K✓ 262.1K
LicenseCommercial OKCommercial OK
VRAM to run~76 GB (Q4_K_M)✓ ~56 GB (Q4_K_M)
Rent a GPU$0.42/hr✓ $0.36/hr
Your API key✓ $0.49/1M$0.60/1M

Which should you pick?

VRAM is calculated from catalog specs, quantization, and context. Non-estimated API rates are provider-sourced snapshots dated 2026-08-24; retired upstream rates are last-known and size-derived values are labeled "est." We don't rank model quality or quote benchmarks here.

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