GLM-5.3 (Max) vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Which is better for the money: GLM-5.3 (Max) by Z AI or Qwen3.7 Plus 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 PlusOff the frontier

Intelligence: 25.20
Total cost: $428

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GLM-5.3 (Max) scores 19.6 points higher (44.8 vs 25.2) but costs 5.9× as much to run the benchmark ($2503 vs $428; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick GLM-5.3 (Max) when you need intelligence above 25.2, and Qwen3.7 Plus when 25.2 is enough.

Metric	GLM-5.3 (Max)	Qwen3.7 Plus	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	44.8	25.2	−43.8% Qwen3.7 Plus is 43.8% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$2,503.48	$427.73	−82.9% Qwen3.7 Plus is 82.9% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	28.79s	46.21s	+60.5% Qwen3.7 Plus is 60.5% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.40 / $4.40	$0.40 / $1.60
Input modalities	Text	Text, Image, Video

Qwen3.7 Plus vs GLM-5.3 (Max): 43.8% less intelligence, 82.9% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 60.5% slower end-to-end.

Open this matchup in the interactive picker GLM-5.3 (Max): what beats it Qwen3.7 Plus: 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 Plus is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.

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