Which is better for coding — GLM-5 or Qwen3.5 9B?

Direct comparison on the SWE-Bench benchmark is not available. We recommend reviewing other metrics on the comparison page.

Which model is cheaper — GLM-5 or Qwen3.5 9B?

API pricing data is available on the individual model pages.

Which has a larger context window — GLM-5 or Qwen3.5 9B?

Context window data is available on the individual model pages.

GLM-5 vs Qwen3.5 9B: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

Characteristic	GLM-5	Qwen3.5 9B
Company	Zhipu AI	Alibaba
Release Date	February 10, 2026	March 1, 2026
Parameters	744B	9B
Multimodal	No	No
Context (input)	200K	—
Context (output)	128K	—
Average Score	0.7	0.9

Verdict

Qwen3.5 9B leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.

Overall Performance

Both models show comparable average scores: GLM-5 — 0.7, Qwen3.5 9B — 0.9.

Recency

Qwen3.5 9B is newer: released 3/1/2026 vs 2/10/2026.

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GLM-5

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