# GLM-5 vs Qwen3.6 Flash

> GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.9 to 38.4 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.6 Flash costs 3.7× 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-qwen3-6-flash
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 8

## Summary

- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5 scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3.6 Flash in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5 leads 52.2 to 42.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleBench: 53.2% for GLM-5 and 35.2% for Qwen3.6 Flash.
- Qwen3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.19 / $1.13 per million input/output tokens, against $1 / $3.20 for GLM-5.
- Qwen3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.
- GLM-5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GLM-5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 45.9 | 38.4 |
| Rank | 59 | 176 |
| Context | 205K | 1M |
| Input $/M | $1 | $0.19 |
| Output $/M | $3.20 | $1.13 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- GLM-5: 49.0 (#47)
- Qwen3.6 Flash: —

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| ALE-Bench | 765.62 | 326.4 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 72.1% | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 72.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1434 | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 69.7% | — |
| WeirdML | 48.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GLM-5: 30.9 (#65)
- Qwen3.6 Flash: —

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (#100)
- Qwen3.6 Flash: 28.4 (#90)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 53.2% | 35.2% |
| Chess Puzzles | 10% | 20% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.84 | 143.26 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 75% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 74.8% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 44.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1451 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 18% |
| DTBench | — | 77.1% |
| LMCA | — | 31% |
| ForecastBench | 61 | — |

## Math

- GLM-5: 44.8 (#66)
- Qwen3.6 Flash: 38.0 (#88)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 80% | 84.4% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 16.4% | 10.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | 0% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 22.5% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 65.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1440 | — |

## Knowledge

- GLM-5: 52.2 (#59)
- Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.2 (#90)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.8% | 83.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 15.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1454 | — |

## Multilingual

- GLM-5: 53.9 (#57)
- Qwen3.6 Flash: —

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1430 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | — |
| LMArena French | 1455 | — |
| LMArena German | 1445 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1416 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1421 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1436 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1452 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GLM-5: 75.4 (#64)
- Qwen3.6 Flash: —

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1427 | — |

## Long Context

- GLM-5: 44.6 (#58)
- Qwen3.6 Flash: —

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 18.7% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1446 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GLM-5: 66.2 (#38)
- Qwen3.6 Flash: —

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1446 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1438 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1601 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | — |

## FAQ

### Is GLM-5 better than Qwen3.6 Flash?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.9 to 38.4 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.6 Flash costs 3.7× 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 Qwen3.6 Flash?

Qwen3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.19 per million input tokens and $1.13 per million output tokens; GLM-5 lists at $1 and $3.20.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.6 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 205K.

### How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and Qwen3.6 Flash share?

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.