GLM-4.5 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Wins 3 of 5 areas
Reasoning · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 1 of 5 areas
Coding
GLM-4.5 is the stronger all-rounder.Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct is better at coding.
Scores updated · 19 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the five areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking20GLM-4.52 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10GLM-4.51 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10GLM-4.51 of 1 test
- CodingWriting and fixing software12Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct2 of 3 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
GLM-4.5 costs 69% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where GLM-4.5 pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+16.4points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+9.4points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+8.5points ahead
Where Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+25.2points ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues in Python projectsSWE-bench Verified+5.4points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+1.1points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 19 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
- SWE-bench VerifiedQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct by 5.464.269.6+5.4
- Terminal-Bench HardGLM-4.5 by 3.12218.9+3.1
- SciCodeQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct by 1.134.835.9+1.1
ReasoningGLM-4.5
- GPQA DiamondGLM-4.5 by 16.478.261.8+16.4
- Humanity's Last ExamGLM-4.5 by 8.5134.5+8.5
- CritPttie00tie
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct by 25.229.955.1+25.2
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGLM-4.5 by 9.425.115.7+9.4
Other results9 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- BFCL v3GLM-4.5 by 9.177.868.7+9.1
- AA-OmniscienceQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct by 5.2-27.4-22.2+5.2
- TAU-bench (retail)GLM-4.5 by 2.279.777.5+2.2
- AA Agentic IndexQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct by 2.116.218.3+2.1
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexGLM-4.5 by 1.726.324.6+1.7
- SWE-Dev (Tools-allowed)Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct by 1.563.264.7+1.5
- AA Intelligencetie12.811.9tie
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)tie4343.6tie
- TAU-bench (airline)tie60.460tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, GLM-4.5 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct?
GLM-4.5 wins three of the five areas where both have results: reasoning, long documents and following instructions. Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct wins coding. They are level on facts.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct. It wins 2 of the 3 coding tests both models report; GLM-4.5 wins 1.
Which is cheaper?
GLM-4.5 costs $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct costs $1.50 and $7.50. That makes GLM-4.5 about 69% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 19 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 10 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 9 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.