Noometry

Model comparison

GLM-4.7 vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 2.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 Max Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.

GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu)

42.0

Rank #124 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #43 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-4.7 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 41.7 to 24.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 32.2% for GLM-4.7 and 52% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
  • GLM-4.7 is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.30 / $7.80 for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
  • Qwen3.6 Max Preview accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 205K.
  • GLM-4.7 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-4.7Qwen3.6 Max Preview
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index42.051.5
Released2025-12-222026-04-20
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window205K262K
Max output131K66K
Input $ / M tokens$0.60$1.30
Output $ / M tokens$2.20$7.80
Results tracked3629

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.7: 44.0 (#79), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena WebDev14351482
LMArena Coding14541471
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
SciCode45.1%—
ALE-Bench399.48—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-4.7: 26.5 (#103), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Vending-Bench 22,3774,254
Terminal-Bench33.4%—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.7: 24.3 (#164), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.6 Max Preview
SimpleBench47.7%63%
Chess Puzzles6%20%
LMArena Hard Prompts14431457
Epoch Capabilities Index143.51149.24
NYT Connections (extended)—74.1%
CritPt1.7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
DTBench—87.2%
LMCA—42.5%

Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.7: 38.6 (#135), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.6 Max Preview
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202583.3%91.1%
LMArena Math14231465
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)2.4%23.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%4.2%
ProofBench6%—

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.7: 47.0 (#80), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.6 Max Preview
GPQA Diamond83.3%87.4%
SimpleQA Verified32.2%52%
LMArena Expert14241478
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.7%—

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.7: 52.8 (#79), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English14171437
LMArena Chinese14951487
LMArena French14321449
LMArena Russian14231445
LMArena Spanish14341454
LMArena German1424—
LMArena Japanese1439—
LMArena Korean1399—

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.7: 74.4 (#95), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14111438

Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.7: 42.8 (#116), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query14321457
CL-bench15.9%—
CL-bench Life10.9%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

GLM-4.7: 60.9 (#93), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)

BenchmarkGLM-4.7Qwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Text14351447
LMArena Creative Writing14011435
LMArena Multi-Turn14461456
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1413—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-4.7 better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index. GLM-4.7 costs 2.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 Max Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7 or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

GLM-4.7 is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Max Preview lists at $1.30 and $7.80.

Is GLM-4.7 or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview does, with 262K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do GLM-4.7 and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-4.7 has 36 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.

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