# GLM-4.6 vs Qwen3.5 Plus

> Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 41.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/glm-4-6-vs-qwen3-5-plus
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 4

## Summary

- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.6 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.5 Plus in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 49.6 to 39.1.
- Qwen3.5 Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $2.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.20 for GLM-4.6.
- Qwen3.5 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.
- GLM-4.6 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GLM-4.6 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 41.4 | 42.9 |
| Rank | 135 | 106 |
| Context | 205K | 1M |
| Input $/M | $0.60 | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | $2.20 | $2.40 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- GLM-4.6: 40.1 (#148)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: —

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| ALE-Bench | 340.82 | 621.92 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 55.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1340 | — |
| SciCode | 38.4% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1449 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GLM-4.6: 32.3 (#66)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: —

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 24.5% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 72.4% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 0.54 |

## Reasoning

- GLM-4.6: 23.7 (#172)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.8 (#74)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 47.4% | — |
| CritPt | 1.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1440 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
| DTBench | — | 80.5% |
| LMCA | — | 36.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.78 |

## Math

- GLM-4.6: 39.1 (#111)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: 49.6 (#61)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 3.8% | 21% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | 2.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1432 | — |

## Knowledge

- GLM-4.6: 40.2 (#124)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#83)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.5% | 10.7% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 25.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1431 | — |

## Multilingual

- GLM-4.6: 53.5 (#66)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: —

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1426 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1499 | — |
| LMArena French | 1459 | — |
| LMArena German | 1447 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1393 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1400 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1419 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1436 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GLM-4.6: 74.3 (#98)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: —

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1410 | — |

## Long Context

- GLM-4.6: 43.4 (#94)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: 43.0 (#113)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 19.8% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 12.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1422 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GLM-4.6: 61.1 (#90)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: —

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1440 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1411 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1411 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1427 | — |

## FAQ

### Is GLM-4.6 better than Qwen3.5 Plus?

Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 41.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, GLM-4.6 or Qwen3.5 Plus?

Qwen3.5 Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $2.40 per million output tokens; GLM-4.6 lists at $0.60 and $2.20.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.5 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 205K.

### How many benchmarks do GLM-4.6 and Qwen3.5 Plus share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.6 has 29 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.