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GLM-5vsQwen3.6-Plus

GLM-5 and Qwen3.6-Plus split their 4 shared benchmarks evenly. Qwen3.6-Plus is 2.2x cheaper per token. Qwen3.6-Plus has the larger context window (1M tokens).

Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.

Shared benchmarks
2 – 2
even split
Cheaper per token
Qwen3.6-Plus
2.2x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Qwen3.6-Plus
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
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Z.ai · Qwen
GLM-5
Z.ai
text
Context
200K
Max out
131K
Input /1M
$1
Output /1M
$3.2
Cached /1M
$0.2
Scores
8 · 7 core
Qwen3.6-Plus
Qwen · released 2026-04-02
textvision
Context
1M
Max out
Input /1M
$0.276
Output /1M
$1.65
Cached /1M
Scores
6 · 6 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkGLM-5Qwen3.6-PlusΔEdge
Reported by both · 4
GPQA Diamond87.8% epoch88.4% epoch-0.6 ptQwen3.6-Plus
LMArena Elo1446.3 1436.7 +9.6GLM-5
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)80% epoch93.3% epoch-13.3 ptQwen3.6-Plus
SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run)72.1% epoch57.9% epoch+14.2 ptGLM-5
Only GLM-5 reports · 4
SWE-bench Verified77.8% not reported
AIME 202596.7% matharenanot reported
AIME 202696.7% matharenanot reported
Terminal-Bench 2.056.2% not reported
Only Qwen3.6-Plus reports · 2
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)not reported38.2% epoch
SimpleQA Verifiednot reported44.1% 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 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

SpecGLM-5Qwen3.6-PlusEdge
Context window200K tokens1M tokensQwen3.6-Plus
Max output131K tokens
Input price / 1M$1 $0.276 Qwen3.6-Plus
Output price / 1M$3.2 $1.65 Qwen3.6-Plus
Cached input / 1M$0.2
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
$4.2$1.93Qwen3.6-Plus
Modalitiestexttext · visionQwen3.6-Plus
Released2026-04-02
Cited benchmark scores86
Reliability

Provider status

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