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Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B vs GLM-5
Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 20 results on 3 sources that measured both models.
Of the 20 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.
Results as of 9 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-09-dd620e778ac5). See also Alibaba vs Z.ai, every model from both labs.
Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B or GLM-5? The short answer
Pick GLM-5 if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 27.9 against 11.9). Pick Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B if cost matters more: it costs 2.1 times less per token.
- Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B is cheaper: $0.64 against $1.35 per million tokens, 2.1 times less.
- GLM-5 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 27.9 against 11.9.
- GLM-5 is newer: released 12 Feb 2026, against 31 Jul 2025 for Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B.
- On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: GLM-5 does better for agents and tool use, reasoning and knowledge, writing and sticking to the facts.
Head to head
Every fact side by side
| Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B | GLM-5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per million tokens | $0.35 in · $1.50 out | $0.95 in · $2.55 out |
| Blended (3 in : 1 out) | $0.64 | $1.35 |
| Cheapest host, blended | $0.47 (DeepInfra, FP4) | $0.93 (GMICloud, FP8) |
| Intelligence Index | 11.9 | 27.9 |
| Spring Prompt overall | – | – |
| Output speed, tokens a second | – | – |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | 204,800 tokens |
| Released | 31 Jul 2025 | 12 Feb 2026 (newer) |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Developer based in | China | China |
Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.
Which is better for what
Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.
Every shared result
Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.
| Measure | Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B | GLM-5 |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 156 · 54 of 387 measured | 1,387 | 1,458 |
| Overall · Text factualityArena rating, higher is better 135 · 56 of 163 measured | 1,401 | 1,452 |
| Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 148 · 65 of 380 measured | 1,391 | 1,451 |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results | ||
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 154 · 60 of 243 measured | 11.9 | 27.9 |
| GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 178 · 101 of 231 measured | 61.8% | 82.0% |
| Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 202 · 75 of 242 measured | 4.5% | 29.3% |
| OpenHands Index reported by OpenHands Index · 3 results | ||
| Average% resolved, higher is better 33 · 17 of 34 measured | 30.9%openhands | 49.4%openhands |
| Front end (SWE-Bench Multimodal)% resolved, higher is better 29 · 17 of 34 measured | 23.5%openhands | 35.3%openhands |
| Greenfield (Commit0)% resolved, higher is better 34 · 13 of 34 measured | 0.0%openhands | 31.2%openhands |
Show all 20 results (11 more)
| Measure | Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B | GLM-5 |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 4 results | ||
| Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 141 · 33 of 385 measured | 1,363 | 1,449 |
| Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 174 · 61 of 338 measured | 1,379 | 1,482 |
| Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 144 · 60 of 387 measured | 1,384 | 1,446 |
| Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 150 · 46 of 386 measured | 1,366 | 1,449 |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 4 results | ||
| IFBench% of instructions, higher is better 133 · 41 of 195 measured | 40.5% | 72.3% |
| Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 161 · 76 of 233 measured | 45.7% | 75.7% |
| Terminal-Bench Hard% of tasks, higher is better 94 · 26 of 190 measured | 18.9% | 43.2% |
| τ²-bench telecom% of tasks, higher is better 110 · 6 of 193 measured | 43.6% | 98.2% |
| OpenHands Index reported by OpenHands Index · 3 results | ||
| Information gathering (GAIA)% resolved, higher is better 29 · 18 of 34 measured | 33.9%openhands | 60.0%openhands |
| Issue resolution (SWE-Bench)% resolved, higher is better 30 · 20 of 34 measured | 62.4%openhands | 73.4%openhands |
| Testing (SWT-Bench)% resolved, higher is better 32 · 27 of 34 measured | 34.9%openhands | 47.3%openhands |
Compare them with other models
Quick answers
Is Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B better than GLM-5?
Pick GLM-5 if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 27.9 against 11.9). Pick Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B if cost matters more: it costs 2.1 times less per token.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B or GLM-5?
Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B is cheaper: $0.64 against $1.35 per million tokens, 2.1 times less.
Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B or GLM-5?
GLM-5 ranks 100 of 164 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 162 for Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B.
Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B or GLM-5?
GLM-5 ranks 75 of 198 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 152 for Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B.
Which is better for writing, Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B or GLM-5?
GLM-5 ranks 52 of 188 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 121 for Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B.
Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B or GLM-5?
GLM-5 ranks 69 of 152 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 132 for Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B.
Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B or GLM-5?
Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B: 262,144 tokens, against 204,800 for GLM-5.
Run Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B and GLM-5 on your own prompt
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