# GLM-5 vs Qwen Plus

> GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Plus costs 2.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/glm-5-vs-qwen-plus
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen Plus in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5 leads 52.3 to 27.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 80% for GLM-5 and 17.8% for Qwen Plus.
- Qwen Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $3.20 for GLM-5.
- Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.
- GLM-5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GLM-5 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 46.1 | 37.1 |
| Rank | 66 | 210 |
| Context | 205K | 1M |
| Input $/M | $1 | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | $3.20 | $1.20 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- GLM-5: 49.0 (#52)
- Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | 1328 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 72.1% | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 72.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1434 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 69.7% | — |
| WeirdML | 48.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 765.62 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GLM-5: 31.1 (#71)
- Qwen Plus: —

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 52.4% | — |
| τ²-bench Airline | 82.5% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 9.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Retail | 73.7% | — |
| τ²-bench Telecom | 86.8% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 4,432 | — |

## Reasoning

- GLM-5: 27.6 (#116)
- Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 75% | 63.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1452 | 1317 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | — |
| SimpleBench | 53.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 74.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 44.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 10% | — |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.83 | — |
| ForecastBench | 61 | — |

## Math

- GLM-5: 46.4 (#71)
- Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 80% | 17.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1440 | 1326 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 16.4% | 1.7% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 65.7% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | — |

## Knowledge

- GLM-5: 52.3 (#64)
- Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.8% | 48.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1454 | 1328 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.1% | — |

## Multilingual

- GLM-5: 53.7 (#58)
- Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1430 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1416 | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | 1436 | 1323 |
| LMArena French | 1455 | — |
| LMArena German | 1445 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1423 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1454 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GLM-5: 75.2 (#67)
- Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1428 | 1303 |

## Long Context

- GLM-5: 44.7 (#60)
- Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1446 | 1324 |
| CL-bench | 18.7% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GLM-5: 66.0 (#38)
- Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1446 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1439 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | 1336 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1601 | — |

## FAQ

### Is GLM-5 better than Qwen Plus?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Plus costs 2.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, GLM-5 or Qwen Plus?

Qwen Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; GLM-5 lists at $1 and $3.20.

### Is GLM-5 or Qwen Plus better for coding?

GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 205K.

### How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and Qwen Plus share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.