Model comparison
GLM-5.3-Flash vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview
GLM-5.3-Flash and Qwen3.6 Max Preview score almost the same on the Noometry Index (51.8 vs 51.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-5.3-Flash leads 48.0 to 41.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Mystery Game Puzzles: 8% for GLM-5.3-Flash and 19% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
- GLM-5.3-Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.50 per million input/output tokens, against $1.30 / $7.80 for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
- GLM-5.3-Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- GLM-5.3-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 51.8 | 51.5 |
| Released | 2026-08-20 | 2026-04-20 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 262K |
| Max output | 131K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $1.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.50 | $7.80 |
| Results tracked | 40 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5.3-Flash leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.1 (#31), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1609 | 1482 |
| LMArena Coding | 1508 | 1471 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| DeepSWE | 63.4% | — |
| FrontierCode | 31.8% | — |
| CursorBench | 36.8% | — |
| FrontierSWE | 18.1% | — |
| SciCode | 51.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 303.55 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GLM-5.3-Flash: 34.2 (#47), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 52.8% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 14% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |
Reasoning GLM-5.3-Flash leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 48.0 (#42), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 14% | 20% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1491 | 1457 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 8% | 19% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 151.88 | 149.24 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 65.8% | — |
| SimpleBench | — | 63% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 91% | — |
| CritPt | 15.4% | — |
| DTBench | — | 87.2% |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 52.5% | — |
| Bench to the Future 3 | 0.15 | — |
Math Too close to call
GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.3 (#47), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 93.9% | 91.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1500 | 1465 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 55.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| ProofBench | 21% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 23.1% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |
Knowledge Too close to call
GLM-5.3-Flash: 58.4 (#36), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.2% | 87.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1513 | 1478 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-5.3-Flash: 42.8 (#27), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1296 | — |
Multilingual GLM-5.3-Flash leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 56.0 (#25), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1462 | 1437 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1527 | 1487 |
| LMArena French | 1496 | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | 1469 | 1445 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1471 | 1454 |
| LMArena German | 1470 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1429 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1446 | — |
Instruction Following GLM-5.3-Flash leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 77.5 (#20), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1478 | 1438 |
Long Context Too close to call
GLM-5.3-Flash: 45.4 (#39), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1482 | 1457 |
Writing & Preference GLM-5.3-Flash leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 65.3 (#50), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1471 | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1442 | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1467 | 1456 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-5.3-Flash better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
GLM-5.3-Flash and Qwen3.6 Max Preview score almost the same on the Noometry Index (51.8 vs 51.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, GLM-5.3-Flash or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
GLM-5.3-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Max Preview lists at $1.30 and $7.80.
Is GLM-5.3-Flash or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?
GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.1 versus 48.7 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GLM-5.3-Flash does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-5.3-Flash and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.3-Flash has 40 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.