# GLM-5 vs Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) leads overall 54.95 to 54.26.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 56.5 for GLM-5 and 41.3 for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview).
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 56.2% and 65.4%.
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) also has the larger context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 256K |
| Overall Score | 54.26 | 54.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 36 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.00 / $3.20 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 37.6 (Estimated · #58/117)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.2% | 65.4% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| Claw-Eval | 57.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | 54.1% | 59.0% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| τ³-bench results | 65.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | 14.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 38% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 31.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 69.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 43.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 50.99% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 39.2 (Estimated · #64/143)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 47.1 (Supported · #47/143)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 72.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.1% | 57.3% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| SWE Multilingual | 73.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 74.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 47% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 72.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 53.3 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | 63.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 47.1 (Estimated · #73/169)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 86% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 86.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 66.8% | 73.9% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| MMLU-Pro | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 50.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 48.7 (#6/12)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 87.2 (#32/124)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 92.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 56.5 (#7/7)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 41.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 93.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 97.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | 96.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 86.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | 82.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 16.434% | 23.103% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 2.100% | 4.167% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5 or Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)?

Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5 and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 56.5 for GLM-5 and 41.3 for Qwen 3.6 Max (preview).

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

GLM-5 currently has 36 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) cover on BenchLM?

Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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