Data points: 75
Model compare
The readout for GLM-5 and Qwen3.5 Plus, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Weighted outcome: GLM-5. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
GLM-5
GLM-5 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 63.3 to 36.7.
Evidence depth
75 data points
Includes 5 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 7 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with GLM-5
The charts below split 12 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
Switch either side of this report to compare another model with the same LMSpeed data pipeline.
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This report only uses LMSpeed data for GLM-5 and Qwen3.5 Plus: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | GLM-5 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Leading | Contender |
| Weighted overall score | 63.3 pts | 36.7 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 2 categories | 1 categories |
| Operational advantages | Free providers, Provider coverage | Average speed, First-token latency |
| Context window | 202.8K tokens | 1M tokens |
| Max output | 202.8K tokens | 65.5K tokens |
| Modalities | Input Text Output Text | Input Text |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
| Model compare | GLM-5 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Z.ai | Alibaba |
| Released | Feb 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | Other | Qwen3 |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| OpenRouter ID | z-ai/glm-5 | qwen/qwen3.5-plus-20260420 |
| References | No data | No data |
This report only uses LMSpeed data for GLM-5 and Qwen3.5 Plus: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
GLM-5
GLM-5 is stronger in benchmark categories (Coding, Math) and operational dimensions (Free providers, Provider coverage).
Qwen3.5 Plus
Qwen3.5 Plus is stronger in benchmark categories (Agents) and operational dimensions (Average speed, First-token latency).
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
Avg. score
GLM-5
48.5
Avg. score
Qwen3.5 Plus
46.6
Qwen3.5 Plus leads by 1.7
GLM-5 leads by 7.0
GLM-5
GLM-5
GLM-5 leads by 2.8
GLM-5
GLM-5
GLM-5
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
GLM-5
winner64.0
Rank #24/83 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-03-01
Qwen3.5 Plus
51.0
Rank #55/83 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-04
GLM-5
winner23.4
Rank #19/33 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-01
Qwen3.5 Plus
15.7
Rank #24/33 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-04
GLM-5
winner57.2
Rank #25/56 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-03-01
Qwen3.5 Plus
39.7
Rank #37/56 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-04
GLM-5
16.4
Rank #31/47 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-03-01
Qwen3.5 Plus
winner21.0
Rank #28/47 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-04
GLM-5
winner2.1
Rank #30/35 · confidence 4 · eval date 2026-03-01
Qwen3.5 Plus
2.1
Rank #32/35 · confidence 1 · eval date 2026-03-04
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | GLM-5 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | GLM-5 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
25 tests | GLM-5 speed / latency 35 tok/s / 23132ms input / output No data | Qwen3.5 Plus speed / latency 44 tok/s / 19579ms input / output No data |
10 tests | GLM-5 speed / latency 41 tok/s / 18111ms input / output No data | Qwen3.5 Plus speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
10 tests | GLM-5 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | Qwen3.5 Plus speed / latency 41 tok/s / 20086ms input / output No data |
5 tests | GLM-5 speed / latency 51 tok/s / 2455ms input / output No data | Qwen3.5 Plus speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
5 tests | GLM-5 speed / latency 30 tok/s / 47002ms input / output No data | Qwen3.5 Plus speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
GLM-5 glm-5 speed / latency No data input / output $0.068/M/$0.219/M | Qwen3.5 Plus qwen3.5-plus speed / latency No data input / output $0.014/M | |
GLM-5 glm-5 speed / latency No data input / output $0.010/request | Qwen3.5 Plus qwen3.5-plus-nx speed / latency No data input / output $0.010/request |
Weighted outcome: GLM-5. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Output
| Features | Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning | Text inputImage inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON modeReasoning |
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