# GLM-4.6 vs Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-4.6 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-4-6-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GLM-4.6 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) has the larger published context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-4.6 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 39.66 | 54.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 27.4 (Estimated · #99/143)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 47.1 (Supported · #47/143)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vibe Code Bench | 3.09% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 81.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 57.3% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 47% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 72.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 40.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 36 (Supported · #111/169)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 74.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 73.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 40.7 (#99/124)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-4.6 public-lane score: 27.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 41.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-4.6 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 3.819% | 23.103% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 2.128% | 4.167% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GLM-4.6 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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