GLM 5 vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Head to head on 20 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba | 61.9% | 26.2% | 88.2% | 96.7 | 27.8% | 75.2% | 83.2% | 73.5% | 78.2% | 69.9% | 58.3% | 75.0% | 83.7% | 75.8% | 40.7% | 73.8 | 74.7% | 43.9% | 25.6% | 97.7% | 95.3 | 23.0% | - | - | - | 40.8% | - | - | - | 36.9% | 77.0% | 88.5 | 94.5 | 89.5 | 68.0% | 44.9% | - | - | - | 59.5 | 32.0% | 51.5% | 59.0% |
| GLM 5 Zai | 62.9% | 16.4% | 66.6% | 97.9 | 7.6% | 55.2% | 82.7% | 71.2% | 73.6% | 67.9% | 55.3% | 77.5% | 83.5% | 69.1% | 38.3% | 73.3 | 70.0% | 39.4% | 23.4% | 97.4% | - | - | 7.9% | 1598elo | 70.9 | - | 24.7% | 48395 | 65.2% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 69.7% | 72.8% | 61.12 | - | - | - | 56.4% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | GLM 5 Zai | Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba |
|---|---|---|
| Description | GLM-5 is an AI model from Zai, released with open weights. | Qwen3.6Plus is an AI model from Alibaba. |
| Family | Glm | Qwen3.6 |
| Params | - | - |
| Open weights | open | closed |
| License | mit | proprietary |
| Released | 11 Feb 2026 | 2 Apr 2026 |
| Context | 204,800 | 1,000,000 |
| Input $/1M | $1.00 | $0.50 |
| Output $/1M | $3.20 | $3.00 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.120 | - |
| Cache write $/1M | - | $0.406 |
| Speed | 0 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Latency | 0.00 s | 0.00 s |
| Modalities | text | text, image, video |
| Providers | - | - |
| Publisher | Zai | Alibaba |
| Reported scores | GPQA Diamond66.6% (AA) Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)7.6% (AA) IFBench55.2% (AA) SciCode38.3% (AA) τ²-bench (Tau²-bench)97.4% (AA) | GPQA Diamond88.2% (AA) Humanity's Last Exam (HLE)27.8% (AA) IFBench75.2% (AA) SciCode40.7% (AA) τ²-bench (Tau²-bench)97.7% (AA) |
FAQ
- Is GLM 5 or Qwen3.6 Plus better?
- Across the 20 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Qwen3.6 Plus leads on 17 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do GLM 5 and Qwen3.6 Plus compare on GPQA Diamond?
- GLM 5 scores 66.6% and Qwen3.6 Plus scores 88.2% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, GLM 5 or Qwen3.6 Plus?
- Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper at $3.00 per million output tokens against $3.20 for GLM 5 - about 1.1x.
- When were GLM 5 and Qwen3.6 Plus released?
- GLM 5 was released 11 Feb 2026 by Zai. Qwen3.6 Plus was released 2 Apr 2026 by Alibaba.
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