# GLM-5.2 vs Qwen3.6-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.2 and Qwen3.6-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-2-vs-qwen3-6-27b
- Last updated: September 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 10
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5.2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.6-27B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GLM-5.2 leads overall 68.19 to 47.78.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 58.5 for GLM-5.2 and 31 for Qwen3.6-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 54.7% and 24%.
- Qwen3.6-27B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GLM-5.2 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.2 | Qwen3.6-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 68.19 | 47.78 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 38 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.40 / $4.40 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: GLM-5.2
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 58.5 (Supported · #29/153)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 31 (Supported · #141/153)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 4.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 81% | 59.3% | GLM-5.2 |
| MCP Atlas | 76.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 48.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 20.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 67.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 72.4% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |
| QwenWebBench | Coming soon | 1487 | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 70.3% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 54.84% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GLM-5.2
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 61 (Supported · #19/152)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 41.8 (Supported · #108/152)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 62.1% | 53.5% | GLM-5.2 |
| NL2Repo | 48.9% | 36.2% | GLM-5.2 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 81.0% | 59.3% | GLM-5.2 |
| ProgramBench | 63.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 55.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 58.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 69.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 71.3% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 83.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 51.9 (#35/48)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | Coming soon | 82.9% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 84.1% | Coming soon |
| DynaMath | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| MStar | Coming soon | 81.4% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 56.1% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 78.4% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| CountBench | Coming soon | 97.8% | Coming soon |
| RefCOCO (avg) | Coming soon | 92.5% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 62.5% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.4% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 86.6% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 94.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 74.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 74.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | 20.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 60.7 (Supported · #35/183)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #101/183)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.2% | 87.8% | GLM-5.2 |
| GPQA-D | 91.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 54.7% | 24% | GLM-5.2 |
| HLE w/o tools | 40.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 66% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 91.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 89.8 (#22/123)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 82.4 (#51/123)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- GLM-5.2 public-lane score: 80.7 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6-27B public-lane score: 72.8 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.2 | Qwen3.6-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 99.2% | 94.1% | GLM-5.2 |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 94.4% | 90.7% | GLM-5.2 |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 92.5% | 84.3% | GLM-5.2 |
| MMAnswerBench | 91.0% | 80.8% | GLM-5.2 |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 93.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5.2 or Qwen3.6-27B?

GLM-5.2 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5.2 and Qwen3.6-27B?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 58.5 for GLM-5.2 and 31 for Qwen3.6-27B.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-5.2 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5.2 currently has 25 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.6-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6-27B currently has 38 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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