GLM-5 (Non-reasoning) vs Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning)

Z AI · Alibaba · catalog 2026-09-14

Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) beats GLM-5 (Non-reasoning): cheaper ($0.501 vs $0.66/M) and at least as smart (index 21.9 vs 21.8).

	GLM-5 (Non-reasoning)	Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning)
Speed (tok/s)	57.6 measured	56.3 measured
Blended $/M	$0.66 derived	$0.501 derived_list_blend
Intelligence index	21.8 measured	21.9 measured
TTFT (ms)	15 measured	368 measured
Context	—	262k list
Coding index	not measured for both
Agentic index	not measured for both

GLM-5 (Non-reasoning) card · Qwen3.6 27B (Reasoning) card · 3D observatory

Verdicts use price×intelligence dominance only, and only where both sides are measured; null cells stay null with their provenance (em-dash = not in catalog). Percentile-free by design — this page compares two models, not the field. Generated page — do not hand-edit.