# GLM-5.1 vs Qwen3.6 Plus

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-1-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: November 5, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 21
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.6 Plus 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 55.83 to 53.54.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 45.1 for GLM-5.1 and 35.1 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MCP Atlas in Agentic, with scores of 71.8% and 48.2%.
- Qwen3.6 Plus is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.6 Plus also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 203K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 55.83 | 53.54 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 49 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.40 / $4.40 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 45.1 (Estimated · #64/135)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 35.1 (Supported · #91/135)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.5% | 61.6% | GLM-5.1 |
| BrowseComp | 68% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 70.6% | 70.7% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MCP Atlas | 71.8% | 48.2% | GLM-5.1 |
| CyberGym | 68.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 62.3% | 58.8% | GLM-5.1 |
| Gert Labs | 60.11% | 50.60% | GLM-5.1 |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.2% | 18.0% | GLM-5.1 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 56.9% | 53.2% | GLM-5.1 |
| HLE w/ tools | 52.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 57.2% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 41.5% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 39.8% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 74.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GLM-5.1
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 47.1 (Supported · #53/156)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 40.1 (Supported · #68/156)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.4% | 56.6% | GLM-5.1 |
| NL2Repo | 42.7% | 37.9% | GLM-5.1 |
| SWE-Rebench | 62.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 63.5% | 61.6% | GLM-5.1 |
| Vibe Code Bench | 31.46% | 25.56% | GLM-5.1 |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 52.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 81.4% | 86.0% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 76.4% | 73.4% | GLM-5.1 |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 78.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 73.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 75.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 73.9 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 62% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 75.8 (#24/58)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 78.8% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 68.2% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 81.5% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 51.3 (Supported · #72/179)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 52.1 (Supported · #68/179)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 31% | 28.8% | GLM-5.1 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 84.5% | 87.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.9% | 87.7% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 71.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 93.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 93.8 (#4/17)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 93.8 (#7/157)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 85.8 (#50/157)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- GLM-5.1 public-lane score: 66.7 (#7/12)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 69.5 (#6/12)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.3% | 95.3% | Tie |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 94.0% | 94.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 82.6% | 87.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MMAnswerBench | 83.8% | 83.8% | Tie |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 36.842% | 38.246% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5.1 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

GLM-5.1 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5.1 and Qwen3.6 Plus?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 45.1 for GLM-5.1 and 35.1 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

### 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 Plus cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6 Plus currently has 49 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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