# GLM-5.3-Flash vs Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.3-Flash and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-3-flash-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: October 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GLM-5.3-Flash 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.
- GLM-5.3-Flash has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 57.36 | 51.97 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3-Flash public-lane score: 55.7 (Supported · #34/123)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 26.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 55.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 62.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3-Flash public-lane score: 49.3 (Supported · #42/146)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 42.9 (Supported · #56/146)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 84.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 63.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 56.3% | 42.9% | GLM-5.3-Flash |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 92.0% | 72.8% | GLM-5.3-Flash |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 57.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 18.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | 17.7 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 57.3% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 47% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3-Flash public-lane score: 81.1 (#11/28)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3-Flash public-lane score: 84 (#14/54)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 62.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 89.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chartography (tools) | 78.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMVU | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3-Flash public-lane score: 60.5 (Supported · #43/177)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 86.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 73.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3-Flash public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 41.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 23.103% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 4.167% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GLM-5.3-Flash 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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- [GLM-5.3-Flash profile](/models/glm-5-3-flash)
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