Head-to-head comparison across 3benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
GLM-5.2
94
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
55
Verified leaderboard positions: GLM-5.2 #9 · Qwen3.5-35B-A3B #27
Pick GLM-5.2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
Agentic
+30.4 difference
Coding
+3.7 difference
Knowledge
+12.1 difference
GLM-5.2
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
$1.4 / $4.4
$0 / $0
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1M
262K
Pick GLM-5.2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.
GLM-5.2 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 94 to 55. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
GLM-5.2's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 81 against 50.6. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is Terminal-Bench 2.0, 81% to 40.5%. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.
GLM-5.2 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.40 input / $4.40 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. GLM-5.2 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 262K for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.
GLM-5.2 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 94 to 55. The biggest single separator in this matchup is Terminal-Bench 2.0, where the scores are 81% and 40.5%.
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.3 versus 67.2. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
GLM-5.2 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 62.1 versus 58.4. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
GLM-5.2 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 81 versus 50.6. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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