# GLM-5 vs Qwen1.5-110B

> GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 34.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/glm-5-vs-qwen1-5-110b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5 scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-110B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5 leads 66.0 to 38.0.

## Snapshot

| | GLM-5 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 46.1 | 34.2 |
| Rank | 66 | 234 |
| Context | 205K | — |
| Input $/M | $1 | — |
| Output $/M | $3.20 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- GLM-5: 49.0 (#52)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 33.0 (#264)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | 1184 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 72.1% | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 72.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1434 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 69.7% | — |
| WeirdML | 48.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 35% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 44.4% |
| ALE-Bench | 765.62 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GLM-5: 31.1 (#71)
- Qwen1.5-110B: —

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| 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)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 22.7 (#189)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1452 | 1168 |
| ForecastBench | 61 | 57.7 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | — |
| SimpleBench | 53.2% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 75% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 74.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 44.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 10% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.83 | — |

## Math

- GLM-5: 46.4 (#71)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 33.7 (#201)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1440 | 1185 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 65.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 80% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 16.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | — |

## Knowledge

- GLM-5: 52.3 (#64)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 31.2 (#219)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1454 | 1144 |
| GPQA Diamond | 87.8% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.1% | — |

## Multilingual

- GLM-5: 53.7 (#58)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 33.6 (#250)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1430 | 1142 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | 1206 |
| LMArena French | 1455 | 1151 |
| LMArena German | 1445 | 1123 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1416 | 1074 |
| LMArena Korean | 1423 | 1044 |
| LMArena Russian | 1436 | 1118 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1454 | 1142 |

## Instruction Following

- GLM-5: 75.2 (#67)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 60.3 (#252)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1428 | 1158 |

## Long Context

- GLM-5: 44.7 (#60)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 35.1 (#242)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1446 | 1157 |
| CL-bench | 18.7% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GLM-5: 66.0 (#38)
- Qwen1.5-110B: 38.0 (#255)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1446 | 1175 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1439 | 1148 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | 1160 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1601 | — |

## FAQ

### Is GLM-5 better than Qwen1.5-110B?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.1 to 34.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is GLM-5 or Qwen1.5-110B better for coding?

GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 33.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and Qwen1.5-110B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-110B has 20.