Model comparison

GLM-4.6V vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.6V costs 6.5× 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. 11 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.6V Z.ai (Zhipu)

40.9

Rank #133 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Alibaba (Qwen)

51.1

Rank #36 Confirmed

Summary

They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6V scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 57.6 to 37.4.
GLM-4.6V is cheaper at $0.30 / $0.90 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 128K.
GLM-4.6V has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.6V and Qwen3.6 Max Preview specifications
	GLM-4.6V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Provider	Z.ai (Zhipu)	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	40.9	51.1
Released	2025-12-08	2026-04-20
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	128K	262K
Max output	33K	66K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.30	$1.30
Output $ / M tokens	$0.90	$7.80
Results tracked	12	29

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.6V: 40.2 (#128), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.6 (#50)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Coding	1390	1472
SWE-bench Verified	—	76.7%
LMArena WebDev	—	1482

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Vending-Bench 2	—	4,254

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.6V: 26.5 (#117), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 40.8 (#47)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts	1368	1457
SimpleBench	—	63%
NYT Connections (extended)	—	74.1%
Chess Puzzles	—	20%
Mystery Game Puzzles	—	19%
DTBench	—	87.2%
LMCA	—	42.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	149.27

Math Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 52.2 (#40)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	91.1%
LMArena Math	—	1465
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)	—	23.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)	—	4.2%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.6V: 37.4 (#148), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#35)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Expert	1372	1476
GPQA Diamond	—	87.4%
SimpleQA Verified	—	52%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: 34.2 (#83), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Vision	1164	—

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.6V: 48.8 (#135), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.3 (#46)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English	1359	1436
LMArena Chinese	1426	1487
LMArena Russian	1341	1444
LMArena French	—	1449
LMArena Spanish	—	1452

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.6V: 71.6 (#145), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.8 (#51)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following	1351	1437

Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#138), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#59)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query	1358	1457

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.6V: 56.8 (#132), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 64.0 (#58)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	GLM-4.6V	Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Text	1377	1447
LMArena Creative Writing	1347	1435
LMArena Multi-Turn	1359	1456

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.6V better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.6V or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

GLM-4.6V is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $0.90 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Max Preview lists at $1.30 and $7.80.

Is GLM-4.6V or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 40.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview does, with 262K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6V and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6V has 12 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.