Qwen3.6vsGLM-4.6
Qwen3.6 | GLM-4.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | 35B | 355B |
Context window | 256k | 200k |
| Benchmarks | ||
Agentic coding SWE-Bench ProCan the AI fix real bugs in real software? It's handed actual problems from open-source projects and has to write code that genuinely solves them. Higher is better. | 49.5% | — |
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | 73.4%Best | 68% |
Multilingual coding SWE-Bench MultilingualLike SWE-Bench, but the coding problems span many programming languages, not just one. Tests how broadly the AI can code. Higher is better. | 67.2% | — |
Agentic terminal coding Terminal-Bench 2.0Can the AI work in a command-line terminal — running commands and finishing technical setup tasks the way a developer would? (Version 2.0 of the test.) Higher is better. | 51.5% | — |
Multidisciplinary reasoning Humanity's Last Exam · no toolsHumanity's Last Exam — extremely hard expert questions across many subjects, written so you can't just look up the answer. “No tools” means the AI answers on its own. Higher is better. | 21.4% | — |
Science GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions in biology, physics, and chemistry — hard enough that subject-matter PhDs score around 65%. Higher is better. | 86% | — |
Chart reasoning CharXiv ReasoningCan the AI read and reason about complex charts and figures, not just text? Higher is better. | 78% | — |
Multimodal reasoning MMMU-ProA tougher version of MMMU — college-level questions that mix images, diagrams, and text together. Higher is better. | 75.3% | — |
Multimodal MMMUTests the AI on understanding images and text together across many college subjects. Higher is better. | 81.7% | — |
Community preference (code) Arena Elo (Code)Like the text arena, but people vote on which AI writes better code. The votes become a chess-style Elo rating on arena.ai. Higher is better. | — | 1339 |
| Overview | ||
| Company | Qwen | Z.ai |
| Release date | Apr 16 2026 | Sep 30 2025 |
| Access | Open Weight | Open Weight |
Which is better: Qwen3.6 or GLM-4.6?
Qwen3.6 leads GLM-4.6 on 1 of the 1 benchmark they both report (SWE-Bench Verified). GLM-4.6 shipped 198 days before Qwen3.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Qwen3.6 has 35B parameters, while GLM-4.6 has 355B. Context windows are 256k (Qwen3.6) vs 200k (GLM-4.6).
On SWE-Bench Verified, Qwen3.6 leads at 73.4% vs GLM-4.6 at 68%.
Frequently asked questions
Qwen3.6 was released by Qwen on Apr 16 2026.
GLM-4.6 was released by Z.ai on Sep 30 2025.
Qwen3.6 leads on SWE-Bench Verified — Qwen3.6 73.4% vs GLM-4.6 68%.
Qwen3.6 has a 256k context window; GLM-4.6 has 200k.