Model comparison

GLM-5.2 vs Qwen3.7 Plus

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Plus costs 3.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 29 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.2 Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.1

Rank #44 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 29 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.2 scores higher in 9 categories and Qwen3.7 Plus in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where GLM-5.2 leads 51.3 to 36.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 59.2% for GLM-5.2 and 34.4% for Qwen3.7 Plus.
  • Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.60 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.2.
  • GLM-5.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-5.2 and Qwen3.7 Plus specifications
GLM-5.2Qwen3.7 Plus
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index51.145.3
Released2026-06-132026-06-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M1M
Max output131K131K
Input $ / M tokens$1.40$0.40
Output $ / M tokens$4.40$1.60
Results tracked5132

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 51.3 (#41), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3.7 Plus
FrontierCode24.5%10.2%
SciCode50.5%45.5%
LMArena Coding14851473
SWE-bench Verified78.7%—
DeepSWE43.8%—
LMArena WebDev1603—
WeirdML70.1%—
ALE-Bench1,047—

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 32.4 (#63), Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3.7 Plus
APEX-Agents45.2%—
OSWorld 2.0—2.8%
τ²-bench Banking37.1%—
PostTrainBench31.7%—
GBAEval0%—
Vending-Bench 28,314—

Reasoning GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 42.3 (#52), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3.7 Plus
NYT Connections (extended)74.3%74.8%
CritPt20.9%9.1%
Chess Puzzles21%24%
LMArena Hard Prompts14801460
Mystery Game Puzzles19%17%
DTBench93.6%84%
LMCA45.8%37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.78147.37
ARC-AGI-222.8%—
SimpleBench58.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark62.6%—
ARC-AGI-177%—
EBR-Bench9.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench55.6%—

Math GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 55.7 (#43), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3.7 Plus
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.2%34.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202586.4%93.3%
LMArena Math14821466
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
ProofBench35%—

Knowledge GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 57.1 (#40), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3.7 Plus
GPQA Diamond91.9%87.9%
LMArena Expert14861467
SimpleQA Verified34.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-5.2: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision—1279
LMArena Document—1444

Multilingual Too close to call

GLM-5.2: 55.8 (#26), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English14591445
LMArena Chinese15191510
LMArena French14791473
LMArena German14681471
LMArena Japanese14511413
LMArena Korean14451415
LMArena Russian14661457
LMArena Spanish14771457

Instruction Following GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 76.9 (#34), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following14651440

Long Context Too close to call

GLM-5.2: 45.3 (#43), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query14791455

Writing & Preference GLM-5.2 leads

GLM-5.2: 70.4 (#21), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text14701455
LMArena Creative Writing14621439
LMArena Multi-Turn14691460
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1757—
EQ-Bench 41222—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.2 better than Qwen3.7 Plus?

GLM-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 45.3 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.7 Plus costs 3.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-5.2 or Qwen3.7 Plus?

Qwen3.7 Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens; GLM-5.2 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

Is GLM-5.2 or Qwen3.7 Plus better for coding?

GLM-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.2 and Qwen3.7 Plus share?

29 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.2 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.

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