GLM-5 vs
GLM-5.3

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Models in this comparison

Provider identity and evidence state stay balanced across the pair.

Z

Z.AI

GLM-5

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

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: 55.27 · GLM-5.3: 71.16
  • CodingGLM-5: 60.82 · GLM-5.3: 66.49
  • InstructionFollowingGLM-5: 87.4 · GLM-5.3: Unavailable
  • KnowledgeGLM-5: 77.3 · GLM-5.3: 63.5
  • MathGLM-5: 56.9 · GLM-5.3: Unavailable
  • MultilingualGLM-5: 48.7 · GLM-5.3: Unavailable
  • ReasoningGLM-5: 43 · GLM-5.3: Unavailable
  • OverallGLM-5: 65.89 · GLM-5.3: 62.84

Source metrics

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

Source metric comparison
MetricUnitGLM-5GLM-5.3
Agenticscore55.2771.16
Codingscore60.8266.49
InstructionFollowingscore87.4Unavailable
Knowledgescore77.363.5
Mathscore56.9Unavailable
Multilingualscore48.7Unavailable
Reasoningscore43Unavailable
Overallscore65.8962.84

Agentic

Unit
score
GLM-5
55.27
GLM-5.3
71.16

Coding

Unit
score
GLM-5
60.82
GLM-5.3
66.49

InstructionFollowing

Unit
score
GLM-5
87.4
GLM-5.3
Unavailable

Knowledge

Unit
score
GLM-5
77.3
GLM-5.3
63.5

Math

Unit
score
GLM-5
56.9
GLM-5.3
Unavailable

Multilingual

Unit
score
GLM-5
48.7
GLM-5.3
Unavailable

Reasoning

Unit
score
GLM-5
43
GLM-5.3
Unavailable

Overall

Unit
score
GLM-5
65.89
GLM-5.3
62.84

Pricing and context

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

Route pricing and context comparison
FieldUnitGLM-5GLM-5.3
Input API priceUSD / 1M tokens$1Not verified
Output API priceUSD / 1M tokens$3.2Not verified
Route contexttokens200,000Not verified
Input modalitiespublished listNot verifiedNot verified
Output modalitiespublished listNot verifiedNot verified

Input API price

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

Output API price

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

Route context

Unit
tokens
GLM-5
200,000
GLM-5.3
Not verified

Input modalities

Unit
published list
GLM-5
Not verified
GLM-5.3
Not verified

Output modalities

Unit
published list
GLM-5
Not verified
GLM-5.3
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 — source benchlm · artifact models · model glm-5
  • GLM-5.3 — source benchlm · artifact models · model glm-5-3
Selected price routes
  • GLM-5 — route benchlm:glm-5 · source benchlm · provider z-ai
  • GLM-5.3 — Not published

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