What is the difference between GLM 4.6 and Qwen3 Coder?

GLM 4.6 is developed by Zhipu AI while Qwen3 Coder is developed by Qwen. in 46 community votes on Rival, GLM 4.6 wins 75% of head-to-head matchups. These results are based on blind head-to-head voting across 55 challenges.

Which is better, GLM 4.6 or Qwen3 Coder?

Based on 46 community votes on Rival, GLM 4.6 wins 75% of head-to-head matchups against Qwen3 Coder. GLM 4.6 is strongest in Reasoning, Web Design, Image Generation.

How much does GLM 4.6 cost compared to Qwen3 Coder?

GLM 4.6 costs $0.4/M input tokens and Qwen3 Coder costs $0.22/M input tokens. Qwen3 Coder is $0.18/M cheaper per input. The more expensive model wins 75% of duels, so the premium may be justified by quality.

How are GLM 4.6 vs Qwen3 Coder votes collected on Rival?

Rival presents both models' outputs side-by-side in blind duels. Voters see the responses but don't know which model produced each one, eliminating brand bias. 46 votes have been collected for this pair across 55 challenges. All vote data is part of Rival's open dataset.

Updated Sep 2025

GLM 4.6vsQwen3 Coder

GLM 4.6 wins 75% of 46 blind community votes against Qwen3 Coder on Rival.

GLM 4.6 and Qwen3 Coder compared across 55 shared prompts
Spec	GLM 4.6	Qwen3 Coder
Win rate	75%	25%
Input price	$0.4/M tokens	$0.22/M tokens
Output price	$1.75/M tokens	$0.95/M tokens
Context window	203K tokens	—
Weights	Open	Open
Free API (OpenRouter)	No	No
Released	Sep 2025	Jul 2025
SWE-bench Verified	68.0%	69.6%