Model comparison

GLM-4.6 vs Qwen1.5-7B

GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.6 Z.ai (Zhipu)

40.9

Rank #132 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #270 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.6 leads 61.3 to 29.8.

Side by side

GLM-4.6 and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
GLM-4.6Qwen1.5-7B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index40.930.8
Released2025-09-302024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked2913

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 39.9 (#137), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding14491107
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)55.4%—
LMArena WebDev1339—
SciCode38.4%—
ALE-Bench340.82—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.6: 32.1 (#60), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen1.5-7B
Terminal-Bench24.5%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard72.4%—

Reasoning GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 23.1 (#168), Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts14401066
Kagi LLM Benchmark47.4%—
CritPt1.1%—

Math GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 36.4 (#115), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math14311080
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)3.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 39.6 (#118), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert14321055
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.5%—
MMLU—62.6%

Multilingual GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 53.6 (#62), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English14261058
LMArena Chinese15001140
LMArena Russian14181006
LMArena French1459—
LMArena German1447—
LMArena Japanese1394—
LMArena Korean1401—
LMArena Spanish1436—

Instruction Following GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 74.5 (#93), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following14101058

Long Context GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 43.4 (#91), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query14231090

Writing & Preference GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 61.3 (#86), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text14401084
LMArena Creative Writing14111035
LMArena Multi-Turn14271061
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1411—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.6 better than Qwen1.5-7B?

GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.6 or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

GLM-4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6 and Qwen1.5-7B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6 has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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