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Qwen3.6 Plus vs GLM 5
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Winner summary
Qwen3.6 Plus wins on 7/8 benchmarks
Qwen3.6 Plus wins 7 of 8 shared benchmarks. Leads in coding · reasoning · language.
Category leads
coding·Qwen3.6 Plusreasoning·Qwen3.6 Pluslanguage·Qwen3.6 Plusmath·Qwen3.6 Plusknowledge·Qwen3.6 Plus
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Qwen3.6 Plus
#12 by perf·no signal
GLM 5
#53 by perf·#27 by attention
Best value
Qwen3.6 Plus
1.6x better value than GLM 5
Qwen3.6 Plus
62.3 pts/$
$1.14/M
GLM 5
38.1 pts/$
$1.51/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
z-ai
private · undisclosed
Head to head
8 benchmarks · 2 models
Qwen3.6 PlusGLM 5
LiveBench · Agentic Coding
Qwen3.6 Plus
55.0
GLM 5
55.0
LiveBench · Coding
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +4.5
Qwen3.6 Plus
78.2
GLM 5
73.6
LiveBench · Data Analysis
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +2.0
Qwen3.6 Plus
69.9
GLM 5
67.9
LiveBench · If
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +3.0
Qwen3.6 Plus
58.3
GLM 5
55.3
LiveBench · Language
GLM 5 leads by +2.5
Qwen3.6 Plus
75.0
GLM 5
77.5
LiveBench · Mathematics
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +0.3
Qwen3.6 Plus
83.7
GLM 5
83.5
LiveBench · Overall
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +2.0
Qwen3.6 Plus
70.8
GLM 5
68.8
LiveBench · Reasoning
Qwen3.6 Plus leads by +6.7
Qwen3.6 Plus
75.8
GLM 5
69.1
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | GLM 5 |
|---|---|---|
LiveBench · Agentic Coding | 55.0 | 55.0 |
LiveBench · Coding | 78.2 | 73.6 |
LiveBench · Data Analysis | 69.9 | 67.9 |
LiveBench · If | 58.3 | 55.3 |
LiveBench · Language | 75.0 | 77.5 |
LiveBench · Mathematics | 83.7 | 83.5 |
LiveBench · Overall | 70.8 | 68.8 |
LiveBench · Reasoning | 75.8 | 69.1 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.6 Plus | $0.33 | $1.95 | 1.0M tokens (~500 books) | $7.31 |
| GLM 5 | $0.72 | $2.30 | 80K tokens (~40 books) | $11.15 |