Qwen 2.5 Max vs GLM-5-3 (Flagship)

A direct, empirical evaluation of Qwen 2.5 Max (Alibaba Cloud) against GLM-5-3 (Flagship) (Zhipu AI & THUDM).

Qwen 2.5 Max

Developed by Alibaba Cloud · Proprietary (~700B) parameters

Cross-lingual document extraction and structured structured output generation.

GLM-5-3 (Flagship)

Developed by Zhipu AI & THUDM · 744B parameters

Complex algorithmic reasoning, multi-step code synthesis, and long-horizon tool execution.