GLM vs Qwen3.7-Max: Open Model Benchmark Comparison

GLM vs Qwen3.7-Max pits two of the strongest open-weight releases against each other, and the result is closer than the DeepSeek comparison. Across the 13 published evaluations where both have a score, GLM-5.2 takes 10 and Qwen3.7-Max takes three — but Qwen's three are all in mathematics and knowledge-heavy reasoning, which makes the split easy to reason about.

Every figure here is a result as published by the model authors for each model, reproduced without adjustment. This site does not run the evaluations, and it does not extrapolate a score into a row where the authors published none — several benchmarks are simply absent from this comparison for that reason.

The Verdict

GLM-5.2 wins 10 of 13Qwen3.7-Max wins 3

GLM-5.2 wins 10 of the 13 rows, and every coding row among them: SWE-bench Pro 62.1 to 60.6, NL2Repo 48.9 to 47.2, Terminal-Bench 2.1 81.0 to 75.0 and DeepSWE 46.2 to 18.0, which is the widest gap on the page. Qwen3.7-Max wins HLE at 41.4 to 40.5, HMMT Nov. 2025 at 95.0 to 94.4 and HMMT Feb. 2026 at 97.1 to 92.5. Two of those three margins are under a point. The honest reading is that these models are near-peers on knowledge and mathematics, and that GLM-5.2 pulls away as tasks become longer and more agentic.

GLM vs Qwen: Specs at a Glance

Both models sit in the open-weight world, so the meaningful structural differences are context and control rather than licensing philosophy. GLM-5.2 publishes a 1,000,000-token window and three explicit effort levels; neither figure is part of the published comparison set for Qwen3.7-Max, and this table says so instead of filling the cell with a guess.

GLM vs Qwen: Specs at a Glance
FeatureGLM-5.2Qwen3.7-Max
Context window1,000,000 tokensNot published
OpennessOpen weightsOpen-weight family
LicenseMIT licenseSee the vendor's release terms
Effort controlExplicit — Non-Thinking, High, MaxNot published
Self-hostingYes — transformers, vLLM, SGLang, xLLM, ktransformersVendor-dependent

Benchmark-by-Benchmark: GLM vs Qwen3.7-Max

The coding block is a clean sweep for GLM-5.2, though three of the four margins are small — one to two points on SWE-bench Pro and NL2Repo. DeepSWE is the exception at 46.2 to 18.0, a gap large enough to suggest a real difference in long-horizon execution rather than measurement noise. In the reasoning block the models trade rows within a point of each other on most benchmarks, with GLM-5.2 clearly ahead on CritPt (20.9 to 13.4) and AIME 2026 (99.2 to 97.0). Counting wins overstates the distance here. Strip out every row decided by less than a point and the comparison reduces to three meaningful results: DeepSWE and CritPt to GLM-5.2, HMMT Feb. 2026 to Qwen3.7-Max. Two of those three reward sustained execution and one rewards mathematical depth, which is a fair summary of how these two open-weight models genuinely differ in day-to-day practice rather than on a scoreboard.

Benchmark-by-Benchmark: GLM vs Qwen3.7-Max
BenchmarkGLM-5.2Qwen3.7-MaxWinner
Coding & long-horizon
SWE-bench Pro62.160.6GLM-5.2
NL2Repo48.947.2GLM-5.2
DeepSWE46.218.0GLM-5.2
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Terminus-2)81.075.0GLM-5.2
Reasoning & agentic
MCP-Atlas (public set)76.876.4GLM-5.2
HLE40.541.4Qwen3.7-Max
HLE w/ Tools54.753.5GLM-5.2
CritPt20.913.4GLM-5.2
AIME 202699.297.0GLM-5.2
HMMT Nov. 202594.495.0Qwen3.7-Max
HMMT Feb. 202692.597.1Qwen3.7-Max
IMOAnswerBench91.090.0GLM-5.2
GPQA-Diamond91.290.0GLM-5.2

* score on the full set.

All figures on this page are results as published by the model authors. glmmodel.com reports them; it does not run these evaluations.

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When to Pick Each Model

When to pick GLM-5.2

Choose the GLM model when the task has length to it. Its coding wins here are narrow on bounded problems and enormous on DeepSWE, which is the pattern you would expect from a model trained on long coding-agent trajectories with a 1,000,000-token window behind it.

  • You are running coding agents — GLM-5.2 wins all four published coding rows on this page.
  • Long-horizon execution matters: the DeepSWE gap is 46.2 to 18.0.
  • You need a documented 1,000,000-token context window and explicit Non-Thinking, High and Max effort levels.
  • You want an MIT license with no regional restrictions and weights on HuggingFace and ModelScope.

When to pick Qwen3.7-Max

Qwen3.7-Max is the stronger model on this table for mathematics and broad knowledge. Its 97.1 on HMMT Feb. 2026 is a genuine lead, and its HLE and HMMT Nov. 2025 results edge GLM-5.2 by fractions of a point. For a workload dominated by hard, self-contained questions, it is a serious open-weight alternative.

  • Competition mathematics is central to your evaluation, where HMMT Feb. 2026 goes 97.1 to 92.5.
  • You want the strongest HLE result of this pair, at 41.4 against 40.5.
  • Your tasks are bounded questions rather than long agent trajectories.
  • You already run Qwen weights and the coding margins here are too narrow to justify migration.

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GLM vs Qwen FAQ

Does GLM-5.2 beat Qwen3.7-Max?
On 10 of the 13 published rows, yes. Qwen3.7-Max takes HLE, HMMT Nov. 2025 and HMMT Feb. 2026 — two of those by less than a point. GLM-5.2 wins every coding row and both remaining agentic and reasoning comparisons.
Which model is better at mathematics?
Qwen3.7-Max on HMMT, GLM-5.2 on AIME. Qwen posts 97.1 on HMMT Feb. 2026 against 92.5 and edges HMMT Nov. 2025 by six tenths, while GLM-5.2 leads AIME 2026 at 99.2 to 97.0 and IMOAnswerBench at 91.0 to 90.0.
Which is better for coding, GLM or Qwen?
GLM-5.2 wins all four published coding rows, though three margins are narrow. The exception is DeepSWE at 46.2 to 18.0, which is a long-horizon evaluation and the clearest indication that the two models diverge as tasks lengthen.
Are both models open weight?
Both are open-weight releases rather than hosted-only APIs. GLM-5.2's terms are documented here: MIT licensed, published on HuggingFace and ModelScope, no regional restrictions. For Qwen's exact licence terms, consult the vendor's own release notes.
Can I try an open model on this site?
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