GLM-5.3 vs
GLM-5 (Reasoning)

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Models in this comparison

Provider identity and evidence state stay balanced across the pair.

Z
Model type
Open Weight
Evidence state
Estimated evidence
Published context
1,000,000
VS
Model type
Open Weight
Evidence state
Estimated evidence
Published context
200,000

Key implications

Insufficient shared-metric coverage. Each finding is tied to a published metric, price, context, or modality fact.

  1. Context window: GLM-5.3 has the larger published context window (1,000,000 tokens vs 200,000 tokens).

Shared metric view

A radar is shown only when at least four compatible supported score metrics are published.

Comparable metric detail

  • AgenticGLM-5.3: 71.16 · GLM-5 (Reasoning): Unavailable
  • CodingGLM-5.3: 66.49 · GLM-5 (Reasoning): Unavailable
  • KnowledgeGLM-5.3: 63.5 · GLM-5 (Reasoning): Unavailable
  • OverallGLM-5.3: 62.84 · GLM-5 (Reasoning): 60.58

Source metrics

Friendly metric names and published units stay visible. Missing measurements remain unavailable rather than becoming a score.

Source metric comparison
MetricUnitGLM-5.3GLM-5 (Reasoning)
Agenticscore71.16Unavailable
Codingscore66.49Unavailable
Knowledgescore63.5Unavailable
Overallscore62.8460.58

Agentic

Unit
score
GLM-5.3
71.16
GLM-5 (Reasoning)
Unavailable

Coding

Unit
score
GLM-5.3
66.49
GLM-5 (Reasoning)
Unavailable

Knowledge

Unit
score
GLM-5.3
63.5
GLM-5 (Reasoning)
Unavailable

Overall

Unit
score
GLM-5.3
62.84
GLM-5 (Reasoning)
60.58

Pricing and context

Verification is shown beside each selected route. Missing facts remain Not verified.

Route pricing and context comparison
FieldUnitGLM-5.3GLM-5 (Reasoning)
Input API priceUSD / 1M tokensNot verified$1
Output API priceUSD / 1M tokensNot verified$3.2
Route contexttokensNot verified200,000
Input modalitiespublished listNot verifiedNot verified
Output modalitiespublished listNot verifiedNot verified

Input API price

Unit
USD / 1M tokens
GLM-5.3
Not verified
GLM-5 (Reasoning)
$1

Output API price

Unit
USD / 1M tokens
GLM-5.3
Not verified
GLM-5 (Reasoning)
$3.2

Route context

Unit
tokens
GLM-5.3
Not verified
GLM-5 (Reasoning)
200,000

Input modalities

Unit
published list
GLM-5.3
Not verified
GLM-5 (Reasoning)
Not verified

Output modalities

Unit
published list
GLM-5.3
Not verified
GLM-5 (Reasoning)
Not verified

Evidence provenance

Source records, route identity, timestamps, and methodology are consolidated here without declaring either model a winner.

Publication time
Aug 30, 2026, 2:15 AM UTC
Freshness
Stale — Published weekly benchmark evidence has not refreshed within 8 days.
Methodology
benchlm: benchlm_raw_composite
Model records
  • GLM-5.3 — source benchlm · artifact models · model glm-5-3
  • GLM-5 (Reasoning) — source benchlm · artifact models · model glm-5-reasoning
Selected price routes
  • GLM-5.3 — Not published
  • GLM-5 (Reasoning) — route benchlm:glm-5-reasoning · source benchlm · provider z-ai

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