Model comparison
GLM-5V-Turbo vs Qwen2.5-Max
GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5V-Turbo leads 62.5 to 55.4.
Side by side
| GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 40.7 |
| Released | 2026-04-01 | 2025-01-25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 200K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4 | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
GLM-5V-Turbo: 42.1 (#111), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1466 | 1359 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1401 | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 64.4% |
Reasoning GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 29.7 (#89), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | 1360 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 51.4% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 67.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 132.53 |
| LiveBench | — | 62.3% |
Math GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.4 (#106), Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1441 | 1369 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 58.4% |
Knowledge GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.6 (#117), Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1452 | 1337 |
| Confabulations | — | 21.8% |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.9 (#42), Qwen2.5-Max: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1264 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1416 | — |
Multilingual GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.0 (#73), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1488 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1444 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1423 | 1350 |
| LMArena Korean | 1396 | 1304 |
| LMArena Russian | 1431 | 1353 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1450 | 1377 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1300 |
Instruction Following GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.0 (#80), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1423 | 1335 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 75.3% |
Long Context GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#80), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1438 | 1358 |
Writing & Preference GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.5 (#73), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1367 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1416 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1432 | 1364 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 72.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 56.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-5V-Turbo better than Qwen2.5-Max?
GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 40.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is GLM-5V-Turbo or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (42.1 vs 41.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do GLM-5V-Turbo and Qwen2.5-Max share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5V-Turbo has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.