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GLM-5.3-FlashvsQwen3.6-Plus
GLM-5.3-Flash leads 4 of 4 shared benchmarks. GLM-5.3-Flash is 3x cheaper per token. Both offer a 1M-token context window.
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
4 – 0
GLM-5.3-Flash leads
Cheaper per token
GLM-5.3-Flash
3x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
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Z.ai · Qwen
GLM-5.3-Flash
Z.ai · released 2026-09-16
textvision
Qwen3.6-Plus
Qwen · released 2026-04-02
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
4 shared · 15 only GLM-5.3-Flash · 2 only Qwen3.6-Plus| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen3.6-Plus | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 4 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 90.2% ↗epoch | 88.4% ↗epoch | +1.8 pt | GLM-5.3-Flash |
| LMArena Elo | 1471.9 ↗ | 1436.7 ↗ | +35.2 | GLM-5.3-Flash |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 55.8% ↗epoch | 38.2% ↗epoch | +17.6 pt | GLM-5.3-Flash |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 93.9% ↗epoch | 93.3% ↗epoch | +0.6 pt | GLM-5.3-Flash |
| Only GLM-5.3-Flash reports · 15 | ||||
| Agents' Last Exam (ALE-CLI) | 26.3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AutomationBench v1.0.6 | 48.8% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| BabyVision | 53.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Chartography (with tools) | 78% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| CharXiv Reasoning (with tools) | 89.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| DeepSWE v1.1 | 63.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 17.1% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| GDPval-AA v2 | 1773 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| HLE (with tools) | 55.3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MMVU | 80.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| MVBench | 77.8% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| NL2Repo | 56.3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OfficeQA Pro | 62.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 84.3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Toolathlon Verified | 78.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Qwen3.6-Plus reports · 2 | ||||
| SimpleQA Verified | not reported | 44.1% ↗epoch | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | not reported | 57.9% ↗epoch | — | — |
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-5.3-Flash minus Qwen3.6-Plus 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-5.3-Flash | Qwen3.6-Plus | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1M tokens | Tie |
| Max output | 131K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.15 ↗ | $0.276 ↗ | GLM-5.3-Flash |
| Output price / 1M | $0.5 ↗ | $1.65 ↗ | GLM-5.3-Flash |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.03 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $0.65 | $1.93 | GLM-5.3-Flash |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2026-09-16 | 2026-04-02 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 19 | 6 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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