GLM-5.3 (Max) vs Qwen3.7 Max

Which is better for the money: GLM-5.3 (Max) by Z AI or Qwen3.7 Max by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

Z AIGLM-5.3 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 44.80
Total cost: $2503

AlibabaQwen3.7 MaxOff the frontier

Intelligence: 29.50
Total cost: $2277

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GLM-5.3 (Max) scores 15.3 points higher (44.8 vs 29.5) but costs 1.1× as much to run the benchmark ($2503 vs $2277; both flagship class). Pick GLM-5.3 (Max) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Qwen3.7 Max.

Metric	GLM-5.3 (Max)	Qwen3.7 Max	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	44.8	29.5	−34.2% Qwen3.7 Max is 34.2% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$2,503.48	$2,277.12	−9.0% Qwen3.7 Max is 9.0% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	28.79s	16.67s	−42.1% Qwen3.7 Max is 42.1% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.40 / $4.40	$2.50 / $7.50
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Qwen3.7 Max vs GLM-5.3 (Max): 34.2% less intelligence, 9.0% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 42.1% faster end-to-end.

Open this matchup in the interactive picker GLM-5.3 (Max): what beats it Qwen3.7 Max: what beats it

Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GLM-5.3 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
Qwen3.7 Max is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.

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