Model comparison

GLM-4.5V vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.5V costs 3.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 Max Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 13 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.5V Z.ai (Zhipu)

39.8

Rank #158 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #43 Confirmed

Summary

They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.5V scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 57.6 to 37.5.
GLM-4.5V is cheaper at $0.60 / $1.80 per million input/output tokens, against $1.30 / $7.80 for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
Qwen3.6 Max Preview accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 64K.
GLM-4.5V has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.5V and Qwen3.6 Max Preview specifications
	GLM-4.5V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Provider	Z.ai (Zhipu)	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	39.8	51.5
Released	2025-08-11	2026-04-20
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	64K	262K
Max output	16K	66K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.60	$1.30
Output $ / M tokens	$1.80	$7.80
Results tracked	15	29

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.5V: 39.5 (#155), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.5V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Coding	1347	1471
SWE-bench Verified	—	76.7%
LMArena WebDev	—	1482

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.5V: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.5V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Vending-Bench 2	—	4,254

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.5V: 27.4 (#119), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.5V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts	1334	1457
SimpleBench	—	63%
Kagi LLM Benchmark	59.8%	—
NYT Connections (extended)	—	74.1%
Chess Puzzles	—	20%
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	19%
DTBench	—	87.2%
LMCA	—	42.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	149.24

Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.5V: 37.4 (#159), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.5V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Math	1354	1465
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	91.1%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)	—	23.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)	—	4.2%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.5V: 37.5 (#156), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.5V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Expert	1353	1478
GPQA Diamond	—	87.4%
SimpleQA Verified	—	52%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.5V: 34.3 (#92), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.5V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Vision	1154	—

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.5V: 44.6 (#177), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.5V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English	1303	1437
LMArena Chinese	1337	1487
LMArena Russian	1298	1445
LMArena Spanish	1336	1454
LMArena French	—	1449

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.5V: 69.2 (#175), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.5V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following	1311	1438

Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.5V: 39.6 (#171), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.5V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query	1304	1457

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.5V: 52.5 (#170), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.5V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Text	1333	1447
LMArena Creative Writing	1295	1435
LMArena Multi-Turn	1332	1456

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.5V better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.5V or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

GLM-4.5V is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $1.80 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Max Preview lists at $1.30 and $7.80.

Is GLM-4.5V or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 39.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview does, with 262K tokens against 64K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.5V and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.5V has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.