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GLM-5.1vsQwen3.5 27B
GLM-5.1 leads 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Qwen3.5 27B is 7.5x cheaper per token. Qwen3.5 27B has the larger context window (262K tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
3 – 0
GLM-5.1 leads
Cheaper per token
Qwen3.5 27B
7.5x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Qwen3.5 27B
262K tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
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Z.ai · Qwen
GLM-5.1
Z.ai · released 2026-04-07
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Qwen3.5 27B
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Quality
Benchmark matrix
3 shared · 4 only GLM-5.1 · 2 only Qwen3.5 27B| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.5 27B | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 3 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 89.9% ↗epoch | 85.5% ↗ | +4.4 pt | GLM-5.1 |
| AIME 2026 | 95.8% ↗matharena ⚠ | 91.7% ↗matharena ⚠ | +4.1 pt | GLM-5.1 |
| LMArena Elo | 1462.4 ↗ | 1408.1 ↗ | +54.3 | GLM-5.1 |
| Only GLM-5.1 reports · 4 | ||||
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 36.8% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 93.3% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 34% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | 74.2% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Only Qwen3.5 27B reports · 2 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 75% ↗ | — | — |
| MMLU-Pro | not reported | 86.1% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is GLM-5.1 minus Qwen3.5 27B in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.5 27B | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 200K tokens | 262K tokens | Qwen3.5 27B |
| Max output | 131K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $1.4 ↗ | $0.086 ↗ | Qwen3.5 27B |
| Output price / 1M | $4.4 ↗ | $0.688 ↗ | Qwen3.5 27B |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.26 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $5.8 | $0.774 | Qwen3.5 27B |
| Modalities | text | text · vision | Qwen3.5 27B |
| Released | 2026-04-07 | — | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 7 | 5 | — |
Reliability
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