GLM 5.1 vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Head to head on 23 shared benchmarks, with price, context window, and release dates.
Benchmark scores
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| Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba | 61.9% | 23.0% | 40.8% | 26.2% | 88.2% | 27.8% | 75.2% | 73.5% | 78.2% | 69.9% | 58.3% | 75.0% | 83.7% | 75.8% | 36.9% | 77.0% | 40.7% | 74.7% | 43.9% | 59.5 | 32.0% | 25.6% | 97.7% | 95.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 96.7 | 83.2% | - | 88.5 | 94.5 | - | 89.5 | 68.0% | - | 44.9% | - | - | 73.8 | 51.5% | 59.0% |
| GLM 5.1 Zai | 64.5% | 40.0% | 44.8% | 33.5% | 83.9% | 27.9% | 52.0% | 72.7% | 75.4% | 63.2% | 68.5% | 71.8% | 84.9% | 72.5% | 41.6% | 72.3% | 36.1% | 71.2% | 35.6% | 69.8 | 52.5% | 31.5% | 97.1% | - | 20.8% | 35.9% | 1.13 | 1589elo | 73.5 | 34.7% | 15.1% | - | - | 67.0% | - | - | 85.4% | - | - | 22.2% | - | 34.6% | 5.24 | - | - | 53.6% |
2 / 2 models
| Attribute | GLM 5.1 Zai | Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba |
|---|---|---|
| Description | GLM-5.1 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 | 7 Apr 2026 | 2 Apr 2026 |
| Context | 204,800 | 1,000,000 |
| Input $/1M | $1.39 | $0.50 |
| Output $/1M | $4.40 | $3.00 |
| Cache read $/1M | $0.234 | - |
| 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 | IFBench52.0% (AA) τ²-bench (Tau²-bench)97.1% (AA) Terminal-Bench (Hard)35.6% (AA) Vals Index52.5% Vibe Code Bench v1.131.5% | 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 5.1 or Qwen3.6 Plus better?
- Across the 23 benchmarks both models report on Sophon, Qwen3.6 Plus leads on 12 of them. Which one is "better" depends on the benchmark - the table above shows every shared score.
- How do GLM 5.1 and Qwen3.6 Plus compare on GPQA Diamond?
- GLM 5.1 scores 83.9% and Qwen3.6 Plus scores 88.2% on GPQA Diamond.
- Which is cheaper, GLM 5.1 or Qwen3.6 Plus?
- Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper at $3.00 per million output tokens against $4.40 for GLM 5.1 - about 1.5x.
- When were GLM 5.1 and Qwen3.6 Plus released?
- GLM 5.1 was released 7 Apr 2026 by Zai. Qwen3.6 Plus was released 2 Apr 2026 by Alibaba.
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