Model comparison

GLM-4.5 vs QwQ-32B

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5 Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.4

Rank #125 Confirmed

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.4

Rank #153 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5 scores higher in 6 categories and QwQ-32B in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in long context, where QwQ-32B leads 49.0 to 38.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Fiction.LiveBench: 58.3% for GLM-4.5 and 83.3% for QwQ-32B.

Side by side

GLM-4.5 and QwQ-32B specifications
GLM-4.5QwQ-32B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.439.4
Released2025-07-272024-11-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output98K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked2736

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 41.1 (#121), QwQ-32B: 34.9 (#220)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5QwQ-32B
LMArena Coding14341333
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)54.2%—
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
WeirdML40.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—44.6%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.4%
ALE-Bench344.82—
AlgoTune1.52—

Reasoning GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 27.7 (#99), QwQ-32B: 22.9 (#171)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5QwQ-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts14301326
Kagi LLM Benchmark57.9%—
Chess Puzzles—5%
LiveBench Reasoning—83.5%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65%
Epoch Capabilities Index—137.6
ForecastBench—58.3
LiveBench—72%

Math Too close to call

GLM-4.5: 36.3 (#119), QwQ-32B: 36.2 (#123)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5QwQ-32B
LMArena Math14271359
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—59.2%
LiveBench Math—77.8%

Knowledge QwQ-32B leads

GLM-4.5: 35.5 (#172), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#150)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5QwQ-32B
Confabulations11.3%15.6%
LMArena Expert14331323
GPQA Diamond—65.3%
Humanity's Last Exam8.3%—

Multilingual GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 53.0 (#74), QwQ-32B: 45.0 (#171)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5QwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English14171306
LMArena Chinese14651378
LMArena French14231337
LMArena German14061313
LMArena Japanese14161263
LMArena Korean13821278
LMArena Russian14141297
LMArena Spanish14541353

Instruction Following GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 74.3 (#100), QwQ-32B: 72.8 (#131)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5QwQ-32B
LMArena Instruction Following14051297
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%

Long Context QwQ-32B leads

GLM-4.5: 38.2 (#196), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5QwQ-32B
Fiction.LiveBench58.3%83.3%
LMArena Longer Query14131308

Writing & Preference GLM-4.5 leads

GLM-4.5: 57.7 (#121), QwQ-32B: 50.9 (#175)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.5QwQ-32B
LMArena Text14301329
LMArena Creative Writing13951288
Short-Story Creative Writing73.4%80.2%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing13431257
LMArena Multi-Turn14151314
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5 better than QwQ-32B?

GLM-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.5 or QwQ-32B better for coding?

GLM-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.1 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5 and QwQ-32B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5 has 27 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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