Qwen3vsGLM-4.6
Qwen3 | GLM-4.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | 235B | 355B |
Context window | 128k | 200k |
| Benchmarks | ||
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. | — | 68% |
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 29 2025 | Sep 30 2025 |
| Access | Open Weight | Open Weight |
Which is better: Qwen3 or GLM-4.6?
Qwen3 and GLM-4.6 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Qwen3 shipped 154 days before GLM-4.6, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Qwen3 has 235B parameters, while GLM-4.6 has 355B. Context windows are 128k (Qwen3) vs 200k (GLM-4.6).
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Qwen3 and GLM-4.6 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Qwen3 was released by Qwen on Apr 29 2025.
GLM-4.6 was released by Z.ai on Sep 30 2025.
Qwen3 has a 128k context window; GLM-4.6 has 200k.