GLM 5 vs Qwen3-Max

Zhipu AI

GLM-5 is a large language model from Zhipu AI with 745 billion total parameters and 44 billion active parameters per inference, designed for agentic intelligence, advanced reasoning, and frontier-level performance. It features a 200K token context window and targets complex multi-step tasks requiring sustained reasoning and tool use. GLM-5 is available via Zhipu AI's Z.ai platform under an MIT license.

Alibaba / Qwen

Qwen3-Max, released by Alibaba in September 2025 as an API preview, is a large language model exceeding one trillion parameters built for complex reasoning and long-context tasks. It features a 262K token context window, hybrid thinking modes that allow switching between direct generation and extended chain-of-thought, and is available as a proprietary cloud API via Alibaba Cloud and Qwen Chat. Qwen3-Max targets demanding reasoning, multilingual analysis, and applications requiring frontier-level performance from the Qwen3 generation.