# GLM-5.1 vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.1 and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-1-vs-qwen3-6-35b-a3b
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 14
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

GLM-5.1 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- GLM-5.1 has the higher overall point estimate 56.07 to 43.54. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 47.5 for GLM-5.1 and 31.8 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Gert Labs in Agentic, with scores of 60.11% and 42.65%.
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 203K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 56.07 | 43.54 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 42 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.40 / $4.40 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 42.5 (Estimated · #59/124)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 29.2 (Estimated · #90/124)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.5% | 51.5% | GLM-5.1 |
| BrowseComp | 68% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 70.6% | 67.2% | GLM-5.1 |
| MCP Atlas | 71.8% | 62.8% | GLM-5.1 |
| CyberGym | 68.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 62.3% | 68.7% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| Gert Labs | 60.11% | 42.65% | GLM-5.1 |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 56.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 52.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 52.6% | Coming soon |
| QwenWebBench | Coming soon | 1397 | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 35.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 25.9% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 26.9% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 60.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 47.5 (Supported · #48/149)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 31.8 (Estimated · #89/149)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.4% | 49.5% | GLM-5.1 |
| NL2Repo | 42.7% | 29.4% | GLM-5.1 |
| SWE-Rebench | 62.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.5% | 51.5% | 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 | 73.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 76.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 75.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 66.4 (#40/54)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 81.7% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 75.3% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 89.9% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 78% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 58.9% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| AI2D_TEST | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | Coming soon | 92.0% | Coming soon |
| ODINW13 | Coming soon | 50.8% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (w/o subtitle) | Coming soon | 82.5% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 52.7 (Supported · #69/181)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 42.9 (Estimated · #105/181)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 31% | 21.4% | GLM-5.1 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 84.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 85.2% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 86% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 93.8 (#6/128)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 78.3 (#58/128)

### Mathematics

- Winner: GLM-5.1
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 66.7 (#7/12)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 58.4 (#10/12)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.3% | 92.7% | GLM-5.1 |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 94.0% | 89.1% | GLM-5.1 |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 82.6% | 83.6% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| MMAnswerBench | 83.8% | 78.9% | GLM-5.1 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 36.842% | 20.351% | GLM-5.1 |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 90.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5.1 or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

GLM-5.1 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5.1 and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 47.5 for GLM-5.1 and 31.8 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

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

GLM-5.1 currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6-35B-A3B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B currently has 42 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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