Model comparison

GLM-4.6 vs Qwen2.5 Plus 1127

GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.6 Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.4

Rank #135 Confirmed

Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 Alibaba (Qwen)

38.8

Rank #181 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-4.6 leads 61.1 to 49.4.
  • GLM-4.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.6 and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 specifications
GLM-4.6Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.438.8
Released2025-09-30—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window205K—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.60—
Output $ / M tokens$2.20—
Results tracked2914

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 40.1 (#148), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 38.5 (#175)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Coding14491314
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)55.4%—
LMArena WebDev1340—
SciCode38.4%—
ALE-Bench340.82—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.6: 32.3 (#66), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
Terminal-Bench24.5%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard72.4%—

Reasoning Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads

GLM-4.6: 23.7 (#172), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 25.9 (#141)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Hard Prompts14401299
Kagi LLM Benchmark47.4%—
CritPt1.1%—

Math GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 39.1 (#111), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 36.1 (#174)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Math14321298
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)3.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 40.2 (#124), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 35.5 (#183)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Expert14311289
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.5%—

Multilingual GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 53.5 (#66), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 41.9 (#201)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Non-English14261265
LMArena Chinese14991314
LMArena German14471231
LMArena Japanese13931207
LMArena Russian14191271
LMArena French1459—
LMArena Korean1400—
LMArena Spanish1436—

Instruction Following GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 74.3 (#98), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 67.2 (#199)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Instruction Following14101275

Long Context GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 43.4 (#94), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 39.2 (#184)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Longer Query14221292

Writing & Preference GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 61.1 (#90), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 49.4 (#192)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
LMArena Text14401299
LMArena Creative Writing14111262
LMArena Multi-Turn14271299
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1411—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.6 better than Qwen2.5 Plus 1127?

GLM-4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.6 or Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 better for coding?

GLM-4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 38.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6 and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6 has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 has 14.

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