# GLM-5 vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5 and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-vs-qwen3-8-flash-next
- Last updated: October 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has the higher overall point estimate 64.23 to 54.14. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 39.9 for GLM-5 and 59.5 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is NL2Repo in Coding, with scores of 35.9% and 48.1%.
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 54.14 | 64.23 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 40 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.00 / $3.20 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 39.9 (Estimated · #62/123)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 59.5 (Estimated · #24/123)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 62% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 50.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 57.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | 54.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 73.9% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 55.7% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 51.2% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 19.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 38.4 (Estimated · #67/146)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 52.4 (Supported · #37/146)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 72.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.1% | 62.5% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| SWE Multilingual | 73.3% | 81% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| NL2Repo | 35.9% | 48.1% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| SWE-Rebench | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 74.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 56.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 58.7% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 91.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 71.1 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 80.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | 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
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 87.7 (#8/54)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 64.0% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 72.3% | Coming soon |
| LVBench | Coming soon | 76.6% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 90.6% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 95.7% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 84.6% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 90.6% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 49.8 (Estimated · #79/177)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 59.4 (Supported · #47/177)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 86% | 91.7% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| GPQA-D | 86.0% | 91.7% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| SuperGPQA | 66.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 30.5% | 35.9% | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 35.9% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 89.5 (#6/17)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | 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 (#34/127)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: 91.2 (#22/127)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 92.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 81.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 57.7 (#7/7)
- Qwen3.8-Flash-Next public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Qwen3.8-Flash-Next | 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% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 2.100% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5 or Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5 and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 39.9 for GLM-5 and 59.5 for Qwen3.8-Flash-Next.

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

GLM-5 currently has 40 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.8-Flash-Next cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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