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GLM 4.6 vs Qwen3.6 Flash
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Winner summary
Qwen3.6 Flash wins on 7/10 benchmarks
Qwen3.6 Flash wins 7 of 10 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · reasoning · language.
Category leads
math·GLM 4.6coding·Qwen3.6 Flashreasoning·Qwen3.6 Flashlanguage·Qwen3.6 Flashknowledge·Qwen3.6 Flash
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
GLM 4.6
#116 by perf·no signal
Qwen3.6 Flash
#121 by perf·no signal
Best value
Qwen3.6 Flash
1.6x better value than GLM 4.6
GLM 4.6
46.8 pts/$
$1.08/M
Qwen3.6 Flash
75.9 pts/$
$0.66/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
z-ai
private · undisclosed
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Head to head
10 benchmarks · 2 models
GLM 4.6Qwen3.6 Flash
FrontierMath-2025-02-28-Private
Qwen3.6 Flash leads by +6.5
FrontierMath (Feb 2025) · original research-level math problems created by mathematicians, testing capabilities at the boundary of current AI mathematical reasoning.
GLM 4.6
3.8
Qwen3.6 Flash
10.3
FrontierMath-Tier-4-2025-07-01-Private
GLM 4.6 leads by +2.1
FrontierMath Tier 4 (Jul 2025) · the most challenging tier of frontier mathematics, containing problems that push the absolute limits of AI mathematical reasoning.
GLM 4.6
2.1
Qwen3.6 Flash
0.0
LiveBench · Agentic Coding
Qwen3.6 Flash leads by +11.7
GLM 4.6
35.0
Qwen3.6 Flash
46.7
LiveBench · Coding
GLM 4.6 leads by +6.1
GLM 4.6
71.0
Qwen3.6 Flash
64.9
LiveBench · Data Analysis
Qwen3.6 Flash leads by +6.9
GLM 4.6
52.0
Qwen3.6 Flash
58.8
LiveBench · If
Qwen3.6 Flash leads by +21.0
GLM 4.6
26.2
Qwen3.6 Flash
47.2
LiveBench · Language
Qwen3.6 Flash leads by +4.2
GLM 4.6
59.0
Qwen3.6 Flash
63.1
LiveBench · Mathematics
GLM 4.6 leads by +2.3
GLM 4.6
81.1
Qwen3.6 Flash
78.9
LiveBench · Overall
Qwen3.6 Flash leads by +5.2
GLM 4.6
55.2
Qwen3.6 Flash
60.4
LiveBench · Reasoning
Qwen3.6 Flash leads by +0.9
GLM 4.6
62.1
Qwen3.6 Flash
62.9
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | GLM 4.6 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
FrontierMath-2025-02-28-Private FrontierMath (Feb 2025) · original research-level math problems created by mathematicians, testing capabilities at the boundary of current AI mathematical reasoning. | 3.8 | 10.3 |
FrontierMath-Tier-4-2025-07-01-Private FrontierMath Tier 4 (Jul 2025) · the most challenging tier of frontier mathematics, containing problems that push the absolute limits of AI mathematical reasoning. | 2.1 | 0.0 |
LiveBench · Agentic Coding | 35.0 | 46.7 |
LiveBench · Coding | 71.0 | 64.9 |
LiveBench · Data Analysis | 52.0 | 58.8 |
LiveBench · If | 26.2 | 47.2 |
LiveBench · Language | 59.0 | 63.1 |
LiveBench · Mathematics | 81.1 | 78.9 |
LiveBench · Overall | 55.2 | 60.4 |
LiveBench · Reasoning | 62.1 | 62.9 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.43 | $1.74 | 203K tokens (~101 books) | $7.58 | |
| $0.19 | $1.13 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $4.22 |