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Model comparison

GLM-5 vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 30 shared benchmark results across 8 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

Z.AI
66.06/100
Margin
1.2pts
winning →
67.22/100
2 category wins5 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: GLM-5 #28 (Supported); Qwen3.7 Plus #21 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. GLM-5 and Qwen3.7 Plus share 30 comparable benchmark results. 7 of 8 categories are comparable. 19 results are unique to GLM-5; 39 to Qwen3.7 Plus.

Updated July 23, 2026
Shared results
30
GLM-5 only
19
Qwen3.7 Plus only
39
Comparable categories
7 / 8

Pick Qwen3.7 Plus if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5 only becomes the better choice if instruction following is the priority or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 30 shared benchmark results across 8 evidence categories; 7 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

Qwen3.7 Plus has the cleaner BenchAlign overall profile here, landing at 67.22 versus 66.06. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Qwen3.7 Plus's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 92.9 against 56.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HLE, 50.4% to 34.7%. GLM-5 does hit back in instruction following, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Qwen3.7 Plus is the reasoning model in the pair, while GLM-5 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Qwen3.7 Plus gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 200K for GLM-5.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for GLM-5 and Qwen3.7 Plus
CategoryGLM-5ΔQwen3.7 Plus
MathGLM-556.3Margin 36.6Qwen3.7 Plus92.9
ReasoningGLM-560.8Margin 30.9Qwen3.7 Plus91.7
AgenticGLM-556.2Margin 15.5Qwen3.7 Plus71.7
CodingGLM-566.3Margin 9.3Qwen3.7 Plus75.6
Inst. FollowingGLM-592.6Margin 8.1Qwen3.7 Plus84.5
KnowledgeGLM-566.4Margin 6.3Qwen3.7 Plus60.1
MultilingualGLM-583.1Margin 2.3Qwen3.7 Plus85.4
MultimodalGLM-5Not measuredMarginNo overlapQwen3.7 Plus81.5

Decisive benchmark drivers

The largest measured benchmark gaps in this matchup, with exact reported values.

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A · GLM-5B · Qwen3.7 Plus
  1. HLE

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 50.4%B 34.7%
    Winner: GLM-5Δ 15.7
    HLE: GLM-5 scored 50.4%; Qwen3.7 Plus scored 34.7%. GLM-5 wins this benchmark.
  2. Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Agentic
    Source ↗
    A 56.2%B 70.3%
    Winner: Qwen3.7 PlusΔ 14.1
    Terminal-Bench 2.0: GLM-5 scored 56.2%; Qwen3.7 Plus scored 70.3%. Qwen3.7 Plus wins this benchmark.
  3. HMMT Feb 2026

    Math
    Source ↗
    A 86.4%B 92.9%
    Winner: Qwen3.7 PlusΔ 6.5
    HMMT Feb 2026: GLM-5 scored 86.4%; Qwen3.7 Plus scored 92.9%. Qwen3.7 Plus wins this benchmark.
  4. SuperGPQA

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 66.8%B 71.4%
    Winner: Qwen3.7 PlusΔ 4.6
    SuperGPQA: GLM-5 scored 66.8%; Qwen3.7 Plus scored 71.4%. Qwen3.7 Plus wins this benchmark.
  5. GPQA

    Knowledge
    Source ↗
    A 86%B 90.3%
    Winner: Qwen3.7 PlusΔ 4.3
    GPQA: GLM-5 scored 86%; Qwen3.7 Plus scored 90.3%. Qwen3.7 Plus wins this benchmark.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGLM-5Qwen3.7 PlusComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGLM-5$1 input / $3.2 outputQwen3.7 PlusNot availableA complete price comparison is not available.
Generation speedtokens per secondGLM-574 tok/sQwen3.7 PlusNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGLM-51.64 sQwen3.7 PlusNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGLM-5200KQwen3.7 Plus1MQwen3.7 Plus lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

AgenticQwen3.7 Plus wins
BenchmarkGLM-5Qwen3.7 PlusResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 56.2%70.3%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
Claw-EvalSource 57.7%62.7%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
QwenClawBenchSource 54.1%61.8%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
τ³-bench resultsSource 65.6%Not comparable
DeepPlanningSource 14.6%62.3%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
ToolathlonSource 38%Not comparable
MCP AtlasSource 31.1%73.2%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
MCP-TasksSource 60.8%Not comparable
WideResearchSource 69.8%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 98.2%93%GLM-5 leads
CyberGymSource 43.2%Not comparable
APEX-Agents-AASource 14.5%22.4%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
Gert LabsSource 50.99%Not comparable
QwenWebBenchSource 1536Not comparable
BFCL v4Source 72.9%Not comparable
VITA-BenchSource 45.6%Not comparable
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 73.3%Not comparable
AndroidWorldSource 81.0%Not comparable
AA Agentic IndexSource 20.8%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 21.8%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 936Not comparable
OSWorld 2.0Source 2.8%Not comparable
CodingQwen3.7 Plus wins
BenchmarkGLM-5Qwen3.7 PlusResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 77.8%77.7%GLM-5 leads
SWE-bench Verified*Source 72.8%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 55.1%57.6%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
SWE MultilingualSource 73.3%75.8%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
SWE-RebenchSource 62.8%Not comparable
React Native EvalsSource 74.8%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 46.2%45.5%GLM-5 leads
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 70.3%Not comparable
NL2RepoSource 41.1%Not comparable
SciCodeSource 51.3%Not comparable
LiveCodeBenchSource 89.6%Not comparable
AA Coding IndexSource 55.9%Not comparable
ReasoningQwen3.7 Plus wins
BenchmarkGLM-5Qwen3.7 PlusResult
LongBench v2Source 60.8%Not comparable
AI-NeedleSource 63.3%Not comparable
AA-LCRSource 63.3%65.0%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
CritPtSource 2.0%9.1%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
MRCRv2Source 91.7%Not comparable
KnowledgeGLM-5 wins
BenchmarkGLM-5Qwen3.7 PlusResult
GPQASource 86%90.3%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
GPQA-DSource 86.0%90.3%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
SuperGPQASource 66.8%71.4%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
MMLU-ProSource 85.7%88.5%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
MMLU-Pro (Arcee)Source 85.8%Not comparable
HLESource 50.4%34.7%GLM-5 leads
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 39.5%39.0%GLM-5 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 82.0%90.0%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
AA-HLESource 27.2%33.4%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 2.0%2.4%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 26.9%22.2%GLM-5 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 34.0%25.5%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
MMLU-ReduxSource 94.5%Not comparable
MMMLUSource 89.0%Not comparable
MathQwen3.7 Plus wins
BenchmarkGLM-5Qwen3.7 PlusResult
AIME26Source 95.8%Not comparable
AIME25 (Arcee)Source 93.3%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2025Source 97.5%Not comparable
HMMT Nov 2025Source 96.9%Not comparable
HMMT Feb 2026Source 86.4%92.9%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
MMAnswerBenchSource 82.5%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 16.434%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 2.100%Not comparable
IMOAnswerBenchSource 86.0%Not comparable
ApexSource 22.7%Not comparable
MultilingualQwen3.7 Plus wins
BenchmarkGLM-5Qwen3.7 PlusResult
MMLU-ProXSource 83.1%85.4%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
NOVA-63Source 55.1%58.8%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
INCLUDESource 83.0%Not comparable
MAXIFESource 88.8%Not comparable
PolyMathSource 84.0%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGLM-5Qwen3.7 PlusResult
Design Arena WebsiteSource 12781288Qwen3.7 Plus leads
MMMU-ProSource 79%Not comparable
MathVisionSource 90.3%Not comparable
CharXivSource 85.9%Not comparable
ERQASource 69.8%Not comparable
MedXpertQA (MM)Source 71.0%Not comparable
ScreenSpot ProSource 79.0%Not comparable
SimpleVQASource 81.7%Not comparable
MMSearch-PlusSource 41.4%Not comparable
RealWorldQASource 86.9%Not comparable
OmniDocBench 1.5Source 91.4%Not comparable
OCRBench V2Source 70.7%Not comparable
ODINW13Source 51.1%Not comparable
Video-MME (with subtitle)Source 88.0%Not comparable
VideoMMMUSource 85.4%Not comparable
MLVU (M-Avg)Source 87.4%Not comparable
AA-MMMU-ProSource 80.5%Not comparable
Inst. FollowingGLM-5 wins
BenchmarkGLM-5Qwen3.7 PlusResult
IFEvalSource 92.6%94.6%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
AA-IFBenchSource 72.3%78.0%Qwen3.7 Plus leads
IFBenchSource 79.1%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (8)

Which is better, GLM-5 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is ahead on BenchLM's BenchAlign leaderboard, 67.22 to 66.06. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HLE, where the scores are 50.4% and 34.7%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GLM-5 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

GLM-5 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 66.4 versus 60.1. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GLM-5 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 75.6 versus 66.3. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GLM-5 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 92.9 versus 56.3. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2026 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GLM-5 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 91.7 versus 60.8. Inside this category, CritPt is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GLM-5 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.7 versus 56.2. Inside this category, DeepPlanning is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GLM-5 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

GLM-5 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92.6 versus 84.5. Inside this category, AA-IFBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GLM-5 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.4 versus 83.1. Inside this category, NOVA-63 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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