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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

GLM-4.7 vs Qwen3.5 Plus

Qwen3.5 Plus comes out ahead, 66 to 56 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Z.ai (Zhipu)

    GLM-4.7

    Released Dec 22, 2025

    56/100
    • ECI143.5
    • Price$0.60 / $2.20
    • Context205K
    Full specs Remove GLM-4.7
  2. Our pick

    Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3.5 Plus

    Released Feb 16, 2026

    66/100
    • ECI146.8
    • Price$0.40 / $2.40
    • Context1M
    Full specs Remove Qwen3.5 Plus

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01 — Verdict

Qwen3.5 Plus is our pick

Qwen3.5 Plus is the better all-round choice, scoring 66/100 against GLM-4.7 (56). It leads on capability, price, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityQwen3.5 PlusCapabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3.5 Plus 146.8 · GLM-4.7 143.5
  • Lowest priceQwen3.5 PlusQwen3.5 Plus $0.90 · GLM-4.7 $1.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextQwen3.5 PlusQwen3.5 Plus 1,000,000 · GLM-4.7 204,800 tokens
  • Widest inputsQwen3.5 PlusGLM-4.7: Text · Qwen3.5 Plus: Text, Images, Video
  • Self-hostingGLM-4.7Publishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightGLM-4.7Qwen3.5 Plus
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%7074
Price25%5052
Inputs & features15%3570
Context window10%3260
Overall100%56/10066/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

GLM-4.7 vs Qwen3.5 Plus specifications side by side
SpecificationGLM-4.7Z.ai (Zhipu)Qwen3.5 PlusAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)143.5146.8 (best)
ECI rank#84 of 148#65 of 148 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions83.3%84.9% (best)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics83.3%86.7% (best)
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions32.2% (best)25.4%
Price per million tokens
Input$0.60$0.40 (best)
Output$2.20 (best)$2.40
Cached input$0.11—
Blended (3:1)$1.00$0.90 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Z.AI APIOfficial Alibaba API
Limits
Context window204,800 tokens1,000,000 tokens (best)
Max output131,072 tokens (best)65,536 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoYes
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoYes
ReasoningYesYes
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsOpenProprietary
API model IDglm-4.7qwen3.5-plus
API providers20 (best)10
ReleasedDec 22, 2025Feb 16, 2026
Knowledge cutoffApr 2025Apr 2025
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • GLM-4.7$10.40
  • Qwen3.5 Plus$8.80
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: GLM-4.7 or Qwen3.5 Plus?

Qwen3.5 Plus is the better all-round choice, scoring 66/100 against GLM-4.7 (56). It leads on capability, price, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, GLM-4.7 or Qwen3.5 Plus?

Qwen3.5 Plus is cheaper at $0.40 input / $2.40 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). GLM-4.7 costs $0.60 input / $2.20 output per million tokens (official Z.AI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.90 per million tokens for Qwen3.5 Plus versus $1.00 for GLM-4.7 (1.1× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Qwen3.5 Plus scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3.5 Plus 146.8 (#65 of 148) and GLM-4.7 143.5 (#84 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (144.6–148.1 vs 141.3–145.6), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — Qwen3.5 Plus 84.9%, GLM-4.7 83.3%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Qwen3.5 Plus 86.7%, GLM-4.7 83.3%; SimpleQA Verified — GLM-4.7 32.2%, Qwen3.5 Plus 25.4%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for GLM-4.7 and Qwen3.5 Plus yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Qwen3.5 Plus leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.5 Plus has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 204,800 for GLM-4.7. Maximum output per response: GLM-4.7 up to 131,072, Qwen3.5 Plus up to 65,536 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

GLM-4.7 accepts text; Qwen3.5 Plus accepts text, images and video. Qwen3.5 Plus handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

GLM-4.7 publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Qwen3.5 Plus is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Qwen3.5 Plus is the newest, released Feb 16, 2026. GLM-4.7 came out Dec 22, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: GLM-4.7 Apr 2025, Qwen3.5 Plus Apr 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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