Model comparison
GLM-5V-Turbo vs Qwen Plus
GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Plus costs 3.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5V-Turbo's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Plus in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5V-Turbo leads 39.4 to 23.3.
- Qwen Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $4 for GLM-5V-Turbo.
- Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.
Side by side
| GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 37.1 |
| Released | 2026-04-01 | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 200K | 1M |
| Max output | 131K | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4 | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 42.1 (#111), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1466 | 1328 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1401 | — |
Reasoning GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 29.7 (#89), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | 1317 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
Math GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.4 (#106), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1441 | 1326 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.6 (#117), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1452 | 1328 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.9 (#42), Qwen Plus: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1264 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1416 | — |
Multilingual GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.0 (#73), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1488 | 1347 |
| LMArena Russian | 1431 | 1323 |
| LMArena French | 1444 | — |
| LMArena German | 1423 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1251 |
| LMArena Korean | 1396 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1450 | — |
Instruction Following GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.0 (#80), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1423 | 1303 |
Long Context GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#80), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1438 | 1324 |
Writing & Preference GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.5 (#73), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1416 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1432 | 1336 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-5V-Turbo better than Qwen Plus?
GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Plus costs 3.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5V-Turbo's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, GLM-5V-Turbo or Qwen Plus?
Qwen Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; GLM-5V-Turbo lists at $1.20 and $4.
Is GLM-5V-Turbo or Qwen Plus better for coding?
GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-5V-Turbo and Qwen Plus share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5V-Turbo has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.