Model comparison

GLM-4.6 vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 41.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.6 Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.4

Rank #135 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6 scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3.7 Plus in 7 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 39.3 to 23.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 1.1% for GLM-4.6 and 9.1% for Qwen3.7 Plus.
  • Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.20 for GLM-4.6.
  • Qwen3.7 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.
  • GLM-4.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.6 and Qwen3.7 Plus specifications
GLM-4.6Qwen3.7 Plus
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.445.3
Released2025-09-302026-06-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window205K1M
Max output131K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$1.60
Results tracked2932

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 40.1 (#148), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen3.7 Plus
SciCode38.4%45.5%
LMArena Coding14491473
FrontierCode—10.2%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)55.4%—
LMArena WebDev1340—
ALE-Bench340.82—

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-4.6 leads

GLM-4.6: 32.3 (#66), Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen3.7 Plus
Terminal-Bench24.5%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard72.4%—
OSWorld 2.0—2.8%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

GLM-4.6: 23.7 (#172), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen3.7 Plus
CritPt1.1%9.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14401460
Kagi LLM Benchmark47.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)—74.8%
Chess Puzzles—24%
Mystery Game Puzzles—17%
DTBench—84%
LMCA—37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—147.37

Math Qwen3.7 Plus leads

GLM-4.6: 39.1 (#111), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Math14321466
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—34.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—93.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)3.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Plus leads

GLM-4.6: 40.2 (#124), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Expert14311467
GPQA Diamond—87.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.6: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision—1279
LMArena Document—1444

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Plus leads

GLM-4.6: 53.5 (#66), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English14261445
LMArena Chinese14991510
LMArena French14591473
LMArena German14471471
LMArena Japanese13931413
LMArena Korean14001415
LMArena Russian14191457
LMArena Spanish14361457

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Plus leads

GLM-4.6: 74.3 (#98), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following14101440

Long Context Qwen3.7 Plus leads

GLM-4.6: 43.4 (#94), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query14221455

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Plus leads

GLM-4.6: 61.1 (#90), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text14401455
LMArena Creative Writing14111439
LMArena Multi-Turn14271460
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1411—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.6 better than Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 41.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.6 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; GLM-4.6 lists at $0.60 and $2.20.

Is GLM-4.6 or Qwen3.7 Plus better for coding?

GLM-4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.7 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6 and Qwen3.7 Plus share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6 has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.

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