Model Comparison

GLM-5 vs Qwen3.5-4B

GLM-5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

GLM-5 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (t2-bench), while Qwen3.5-4B is better at 0 benchmarks.

GLM-5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Zhipu AI
GLM-5
Input tokens$1.00
Output tokens$3.20
Best providerUnknown Organization
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.5-4B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

740.0B diff

GLM-5 has 740.0B more parameters than Qwen3.5-4B, making it 18500.0% larger.

Zhipu AI
GLM-5
744.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.5-4B
4.0Bparameters
744.0B
GLM-5
4.0B
Qwen3.5-4B

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only GLM-5 specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only GLM-5 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Zhipu AI
GLM-5
Input200,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.5-4B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen3.5-4B supports multimodal inputs, whereas GLM-5 does not.

Qwen3.5-4B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

GLM-5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen3.5-4B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

GLM-5 is licensed under MIT, while Qwen3.5-4B uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

GLM-5

MIT

Open weights

Qwen3.5-4B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

GLM-5 was released on 2026-02-11, while Qwen3.5-4B was released on 2026-03-02.

Qwen3.5-4B is 1 month newer than GLM-5.

GLM-5

Feb 11, 2026

2 months ago

Qwen3.5-4B

Mar 2, 2026

1 months ago

2w newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Higher t2-bench score (89.7% vs 79.9%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen3.5-4B

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Supports multimodal inputs

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Zhipu AI
GLM-5
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3.5-4B

FAQ

Common questions about GLM-5 vs Qwen3.5-4B

GLM-5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. GLM-5 is made by Zhipu AI and Qwen3.5-4B is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
GLM-5 scores t2-bench: 89.7%, SWE-Bench Verified: 77.8%, BrowseComp: 75.9%, MCP Atlas: 67.8%, Terminal-Bench 2.0: 56.2%. Qwen3.5-4B scores IFEval: 89.8%, MMLU-Redux: 88.8%, C-Eval: 85.1%, t2-bench: 79.9%, MMLU-Pro: 79.1%.
GLM-5 supports 200K tokens and Qwen3.5-4B supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (MIT vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
GLM-5 is developed by Zhipu AI and Qwen3.5-4B is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.