# GLM-5.1 vs Qwen3.5-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.1 and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-1-vs-qwen3-5-35b-a3b
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5-35B-A3B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GLM-5.1 leads overall 57.11 to 47.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 73 for GLM-5.1 and 41.4 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Gert Labs in Agentic, with scores of 60.11% and 28.96%.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 203K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 57.11 | 47 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 26 | 16 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.40 / $4.40 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 42.2 (Estimated · #54/117)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 29.4 (Estimated · #81/117)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.5% | 40.5% | GLM-5.1 |
| BrowseComp | 68% | 61% | GLM-5.1 |
| τ³-bench results | 70.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 71.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 68.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 62.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 60.11% | 28.96% | GLM-5.1 |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 56.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 54.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 50.6 (Supported · #39/142)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 26.7 (Estimated · #100/142)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 42.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 62.7% | 53.7% | GLM-5.1 |
| Vibe Code Bench | 31.46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 52.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 81.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 76.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 69.2% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 73 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 41.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 68.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 72.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 83.9% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: GLM-5.1
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 52.3 (Supported · #56/168)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 39.7 (Supported · #100/168)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 52.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 84.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 63.4% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 84.2% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 21.1 (#11/12)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 81% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 92.4 (#4/124)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: 87.4 (#30/124)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 91.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 63.8 (#3/7)
- Qwen3.5-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.5-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 94.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 82.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | 83.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 33.448% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 12.500% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5.1 or Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

GLM-5.1 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5.1 and Qwen3.5-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 73 for GLM-5.1 and 41.4 for Qwen3.5-35B-A3B.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-5.1 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5.1 currently has 26 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.5-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B currently has 16 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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