Model comparison
GLM-4.5 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 57.5.
- GLM-4.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GLM-4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 42.0 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2025-07-27 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 98K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.60 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 27 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
GLM-4.5: 41.4 (#125), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1434 | 1487 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 54.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 40.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 344.82 | — |
| AlgoTune | 1.52 | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
GLM-4.5: 28.6 (#100), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1483 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 57.9% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
GLM-4.5: 39.0 (#116), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1427 | 1474 |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
GLM-4.5: 35.9 (#179), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1433 | 1489 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 8.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 11.3% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
GLM-4.5: 52.8 (#77), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1417 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1418 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1407 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1415 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1380 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1414 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1454 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
GLM-4.5: 74.1 (#104), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1404 | 1467 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#201), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1412 | 1476 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 58.3% | — |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
GLM-4.5: 57.5 (#127), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | GLM-4.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1430 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1395 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1415 | 1478 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.4% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1343 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-4.5 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is GLM-4.5 or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 41.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5 has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.