Axis Spatial

GLM-5.3 (max), Terminus-2 vs. Qwen 3.8 27B (xhigh), Qwen Code

GLM-5.3 (max), Terminus-2 against Qwen 3.8 27B (xhigh), Qwen Code: Geospatial Agent Index, each evaluation, cost, time and tokens, on the same tasks and limits. The harnesses differ, so part of any gap can come from the harness. Methodology.

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GLM-5.3 (max), Terminus-2 vs. Qwen 3.8 27B (xhigh), Qwen Code
MetricGLM-5.3 (max), Terminus-2Qwen 3.8 27B (xhigh), Qwen Code
Geospatial Agent Index: Text only7068
Geospatial Agent Index: Text + visionNo image inputNot run: Vision agents
Earth-Bench V2 score6468
GeoBenchX score6562
GS-QA2 score8375
Vision agents scoreNo image inputNo data
GeoAgentBench score (Guided workflows; not in the Agent Index)9494
GeoAnalystBench score (Guided workflows; not in the Agent Index)8479
Raster and remote sensing score7676
Vector and overlay score8075
Climate and time series score7161
Spatial statistics and interpolation score5454
Mapping and cartography score7563
Recognising infeasible requests score5560
Cost per task$0.38$0.22
Time per task (at 100 output tokens/s)4.2 min4.7 min (estimated)
Tokens per attempt278k840k
Turns per attempt10.417.6
Attempts scored488488
Input price per 1M tokens$1.40$0.45
Output price per 1M tokens$4.40$3.20
Context window1,048,576262,144
Image inputNoYes
DeveloperZ.aiAlibaba (Qwen)

Charts

Geospatial Agent Index

Equal average of Earth-Bench V2, GeoBenchX and GS-QA2, 0 to 100 · Higher is better

Geospatial Agent IndexScores 0 to 100: GLM-5.3 (max), Terminus-2: 70; Qwen 3.8 27B (xhigh), Qwen Code: 68025507510070GLM-5.3 (max)68Qwen 3.8 27B (xhigh)
Data table: Geospatial Agent Index
Geospatial Agent Index
ModelDeveloperGeospatial Agent IndexStatusEvaluations scoredTasks attempted
GLM-5.3 (max), Terminus-2Z.ai70Complete3 of 3488 of 488 tasks
Qwen 3.8 27B (xhigh), Qwen CodeAlibaba (Qwen)68Complete3 of 3488 of 488 tasks

Cost per task

Average cost per task (USD) · Lower is better

Cost per taskCost per task in US dollars: Qwen 3.8 27B (xhigh), Qwen Code: $0.22; GLM-5.3 (max), Terminus-2: $0.38$0$0.10$0.20$0.30$0.40$0.22Qwen 3.8 27B (xhigh)$0.38GLM-5.3 (max)
Data table: Cost per task
Cost per task
ModelDeveloperCost per taskTasks attempted
Qwen 3.8 27B (xhigh), Qwen CodeAlibaba (Qwen)$0.22488 of 488 tasks
GLM-5.3 (max), Terminus-2Z.ai$0.38488 of 488 tasks

Output tokens per task

Average output tokens per attempt, reasoning included · Lower is better

Output tokens per taskOutput tokens per task: GLM-5.3 (max), Terminus-2: 19k; Qwen 3.8 27B (xhigh), Qwen Code: 28k010k20k30k40k19kGLM-5.3 (max)28kQwen 3.8 27B (xhigh)
Data table: Output tokens per task
Output tokens per task
ModelDeveloperOutput tokens per taskTasks attempted
GLM-5.3 (max), Terminus-2Z.ai19k488 of 488 tasks
Qwen 3.8 27B (xhigh), Qwen CodeAlibaba (Qwen)28k488 of 488 tasks

Frequently asked questions

Which scores higher on the Geospatial Agent Index, GLM-5.3 (max), Terminus-2 or Qwen 3.8 27B (xhigh), Qwen Code?
GLM-5.3 (max), Terminus-2, 70 to 68. Both have attempted all 488 tasks.
Which is cheaper per task, GLM-5.3 (max), Terminus-2 or Qwen 3.8 27B (xhigh), Qwen Code?
Qwen 3.8 27B (xhigh), Qwen Code, $0.22 to $0.38.
Which writes fewer output tokens per task, GLM-5.3 (max), Terminus-2 or Qwen 3.8 27B (xhigh), Qwen Code?
GLM-5.3 (max), Terminus-2, 19k to 28k.
Which has the larger context window, GLM-5.3 (max), Terminus-2 or Qwen 3.8 27B (xhigh), Qwen Code?
GLM-5.3 (max), Terminus-2, 1,048,576 tokens to 262,144 tokens.

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