# GLM-5 vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5 and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 23
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

GLM-5 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 has the higher overall point estimate 54.59 to 43.54. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 83 for GLM-5 and 58.4 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MCP Atlas in Agentic, with scores of 31.1% and 62.8%.
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 54.59 | 43.54 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 38 | 42 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.00 / $3.20 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 40.9 (Estimated · #60/124)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 29.2 (Estimated · #90/124)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.2% | 51.5% | GLM-5 |
| BrowseComp | 62% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 50.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 57.7% | 68.7% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| QwenClawBench | 54.1% | 52.6% | GLM-5 |
| τ³-bench results | 65.6% | 67.2% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| DeepPlanning | 14.6% | 25.9% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| Toolathlon | 38% | 26.9% | GLM-5 |
| MCP Atlas | 31.1% | 62.8% | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B |
| MCP-Tasks | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 69.8% | 60.1% | GLM-5 |
| CyberGym | 43.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 50.99% | 42.65% | GLM-5 |
| QwenWebBench | Coming soon | 1397 | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 35.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 38.4 (Estimated · #68/149)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 31.8 (Estimated · #89/149)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.8% | 73.4% | GLM-5 |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 72.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.1% | 49.5% | GLM-5 |
| SWE Multilingual | 73.3% | 67.2% | GLM-5 |
| NL2Repo | 35.9% | 29.4% | GLM-5 |
| SWE-Rebench | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 74.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.2% | 51.5% | GLM-5 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 70.9 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 75.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | 63.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 66.4 (#40/54)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | 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 public-lane score: 50.5 (Estimated · #78/181)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 42.9 (Estimated · #105/181)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 86% | 86% | Tie |
| GPQA-D | 86.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 66.8% | 64.7% | GLM-5 |
| MMLU-Pro | 85.7% | 85.2% | GLM-5 |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 30.5% | 21.4% | GLM-5 |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 90% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 89.5 (#6/17)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 88.6 (#34/128)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 78.3 (#58/128)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 92.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 83 (Unranked · 6 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6-35B-A3B public-lane score: 58.4 (#10/12)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.6-35B-A3B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.8% | 92.7% | GLM-5 |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 93.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 97.5% | 90.7% | GLM-5 |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 96.9% | 89.1% | GLM-5 |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 86.4% | 83.6% | GLM-5 |
| MMAnswerBench | 82.5% | 78.9% | GLM-5 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 20.351% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5 or Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

GLM-5 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5 and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 83 for GLM-5 and 58.4 for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-5 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5 currently has 38 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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