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9 undominated of 134 · Aug 28, 2026

As of Aug 28, 2026, GLM 5V Turbo is dominated for Balanced on LMArena. Qwen3.8 27B scores 4.0 higher and costs 50% less, with a covering envelope. 9 of 134 rated, priced standard models are undominated.

Current model

GLM 5V Turbo

Balanced

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Qwen3.8 27B1440.8 · $0.956/MGLM 5V Turbo1436.8 · $1.90/MLMArena EloEffective $/M · Balanced
134 rated, priced standard models. Chartreuse is the frontier. Cobalt is the model you named, when it is not on the staircase.

Qwen3.8 27B is both better and cheaper than GLM 5V Turbo.

GLM 5V Turbo

LMArena Elo

1436.8

Effective $/M · Balanced

$1.90/M

Qwen3.8 27B

LMArena Elo

1440.8

Effective $/M · Balanced

$0.956/M

Envelope-safe replacements

Each row scores at least as high, costs no more, and covers this model’s context, output, modalities, tools, and reasoning. A cheaper narrower model is not listed here.

ModelLMArenaEffective $/MYou save
Qwen3.8 27B1440.8 +4.0$0.956/M50%

Higher score, lower price, named losses

Not a drop-in. The loss is why these are not a recommendation.

ModelLMArenaEffective $/MYou give up
Gemini 3.7 Flash1490.2$0.750/Mmax output
Gemini 3.6 Flash1476.5$1.50/Mmax output
GLM 5.21465.4$1.83/Mimage, video
MiMo-V2.5-Pro1465.0$0.544/Mimage, video
Qwen3.7 Plus1456.2$0.560/Mvideo

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