Model comparison

GLM-4.6V vs QwQ-32B

GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.6V Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.3

Rank #137 Confirmed

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.8

Rank #159 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6V scores higher in 5 categories and QwQ-32B in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in long context, where QwQ-32B leads 49.0 to 41.3.

Side by side

GLM-4.6V and QwQ-32B specifications
GLM-4.6VQwQ-32B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index41.339.8
Released2025-12-082024-11-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$0.90—
Results tracked1236

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 40.9 (#128), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VQwQ-32B
LMArena Coding13901333
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
BigCodeBench Instruct—44.6%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.4%

Reasoning GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 27.6 (#115), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VQwQ-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts13681325
Chess Puzzles—5%
LiveBench Reasoning—83.5%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65%
Epoch Capabilities Index—137.6
ForecastBench—58.3
LiveBench—72%

Math Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: —, QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VQwQ-32B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—59.2%
LiveBench Math—77.8%
LMArena Math—1359

Knowledge Too close to call

GLM-4.6V: 38.0 (#149), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VQwQ-32B
LMArena Expert13711324
GPQA Diamond—65.3%
Confabulations—15.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-4.6V: 34.8 (#90), QwQ-32B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VQwQ-32B
LMArena Vision1164—

Multilingual GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 48.6 (#141), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VQwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English13591305
LMArena Chinese14251378
LMArena Russian13401297
LMArena French—1336
LMArena German—1313
LMArena Japanese—1262
LMArena Korean—1279
LMArena Spanish—1354

Instruction Following QwQ-32B leads

GLM-4.6V: 71.4 (#151), QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VQwQ-32B
LMArena Instruction Following13521297
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%

Long Context QwQ-32B leads

GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#143), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VQwQ-32B
LMArena Longer Query13581308
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%

Writing & Preference GLM-4.6V leads

GLM-4.6V: 56.6 (#137), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-4.6VQwQ-32B
LMArena Text13771329
LMArena Creative Writing13471288
LMArena Multi-Turn13601314
Short-Story Creative Writing—80.2%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1257
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.6V better than QwQ-32B?

GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-4.6V or QwQ-32B better for coding?

GLM-4.6V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.9 versus 35.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6V and QwQ-32B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6V has 12 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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