GLM 5.3
Z.ai’s GLM 5.3 release, with published coding, reasoning and knowledge-work evaluations.
Z.aiReleased 18 August 2026Context 1M tokensOutput 128k tokensOpen weights$1.40 in / $4.40 out per Mtok
Where it stands
Rank compares tracked models with a score. Published shows the source’s rank and field size, when available.
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Published | Leader | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vals IndexVals AI | 53.51% | 16of 33 | 16of 41 | Gemini 4 Argon | 15.39 pts |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis | 45 | 14of 42 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | 13 pts |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0Artificial Analysis | 41.92% | 10of 40 | no list read | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 21.72 pts |
| SWE-bench (Verified)Vals AI | 95.40% | 5of 23 | 5of 88 | Claude Opus 5 | 1.60 pts |
| LiveCodeBenchVals AI | 80.54% | 20of 21 | 68of 143 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 9.98 pts |
| GPQA DiamondVals AI | 88.13% | 20of 23 | 35of 138 | Gemini 3.1 Pro | 7.32 pts |
| MMLU ProVals AI | 86.77% | 18of 24 | 38of 138 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 5.61 pts |
| Vibe Code Bench v1.1Vals AI | 78.13% | 23of 38 | 24of 106 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 14.26 pts |
| Terminal-Bench Science 0.1Artificial Analysis | 9.52% | 14of 24 | no list read | GPT-6 Astra | 53.81 pts |
| ProgramBenchVals AI | 1.50% | 9of 29 | 9of 54 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 17.00 pts |
| τ³-BankingArtificial Analysis | 50.31% | 3of 30 | no list read | Qwen3.8 Max | 1.03 pts |
| ITBench-AAArtificial Analysis | 46.08% | 11of 18 | no list read | GPT-5.6 Sol | 10.13 pts |
| MLCR-AAArtificial Analysis | 48.33% | 8of 37 | no list read | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 26.67 pts |
| SWE-Bench Pro V2 FullScale AI / SEAL | 95.60% | 5of 10 | no list read | Claude Opus 5 | 3.80 pts |
| SWE-Bench Pro V2 HARDScale AI / SEAL | 84.30% | 7of 10 | no list read | Claude Opus 5 | 13.70 pts |
| Vals RSI IndexVals AI | 22.91% | 11of 20 | 11of 23 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 14.40 pts |
| Vibe Code Bench 1–100Vals AI | 19.99% | 8of 20 | 8of 20 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 10.37 pts |
| EnterpriseOps-Gym-AAArtificial Analysis | 36.44% | 19of 22 | no list read | Claude Fable 5 | 14.68 pts |
| AutomationBench-AAArtificial Analysis | 62.20% | 10of 40 | no list read | Gemini 4 Argon | 15.31 pts |
| SciCodeArtificial Analysis | 59.03% | 8of 40 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | 7.87 pts |
| GDP.pdfArtificial Analysis | 11.20% | 37of 40 | no list read | GPT-6.1 Sol | 19.80 pts |
| CritPtArtificial Analysis | 19.14% | 24of 42 | no list read | GPT-5.6 Sol | 13.15 pts |
| AA-OmniscienceArtificial Analysis | 14.3 | 25of 42 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | 32.12 |
| AA-LCR v1.1Artificial Analysis | 79.67% | 30of 42 | no list read | Kimi K3 | 9.00 pts |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1Vals AI | 71.54% | 23of 35 | 26of 75 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 16.10 pts |
| ProofBench v1.1Vals AI | 49.00% | 25of 34 | 29of 46 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 51.00 pts |
| LegalBenchVals AI | 84.84% | 17of 27 | 27of 149 | Claude Fable 5 | 3.72 pts |
| Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkVals AI | 8.33% | 16of 37 | 20of 73 | Muse Spark 1.2 | 17.09 pts |
| SkillsBenchVals AI | 47.51% | 16of 20 | 25of 35 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash | 22.29 pts |
| MysteryMechanismVals AI | 22.97% | 15of 21 | 15of 21 | GPT-6 Astra | 30.18 pts |
| Code MigrationVals AI | 44.22% | 21of 37 | 21of 71 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | 25.61 pts |
| CyberBench v1.1Vals AI | 72.08% | 12of 31 | 14of 43 | GPT-6 Sol | 5.90 pts |
| EMBVals AI | 56.34% | 30of 37 | 41of 69 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 20.33 pts |
| Finance Agent (v2)Vals AI | 55.84% | 14of 37 | 18of 73 | Gemini 4 Argon | 9.56 pts |
| IOIVals AI | 68.44% | 12of 31 | 12of 38 | Gemini 4 Argon | 31.56 pts |
| Legal Research BenchVals AI | 49.04% | 7of 37 | 7of 72 | Muse Spark 1.3 Max | 6.25 pts |
| MedCodeVals AI | 42.86% | 28of 35 | 47of 104 | Claude Opus 5 | 20.71 pts |
| MedScribeVals AI | 88.81% | 8of 36 | 9of 106 | Claude Opus 5.5 | 2.62 pts |
| Public Benefits Bench v1.1Vals AI | 68.54% | 8of 29 | 8of 45 | Claude Opus 5 | 8.39 pts |
| Tax Agent BenchVals AI | 73.09% | 5of 37 | 5of 64 | Claude Fable 5.1 | 4.55 pts |
| DeepSWE v1.1Datacurve | 68.96% | 7of 20 | 7of 28 | GPT-6 Astra | 5.16 pts |
| GDPval-AA v2.1Artificial Analysis | 1,643.62 | 9of 42 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | 202.55 |
| AA-Briefcase v1.1Artificial Analysis | 1,511.41 | 15of 41 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | 310.44 |
| Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis | 42.26% | 31of 42 | no list read | Claude Opus 5.5 | 19.09 pts |
Nearby on Vals Index
The two models above and below on the Vals Index (Vals AI), on every column where this model has a published number.
| Model | Vals Index | Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | Terminal-Bench 4.0 | SWE-bench | LiveCodeBench | GPQA Diamond | MMLU Pro | Vibe Code Bench v1.1 | Terminal-Bench Science 0.1 | ProgramBench |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grok 4.7xAI | 54.95% | 46 | 25.76% | – | – | – | – | 86.17% | – | 0.50% |
| Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle | 54.83% | 41 | 19.70% | 80.00% | 89.48% | 94.44% | 90.22% | 78.65% | 10.00% | 1.00% |
| GLM 5.3Z.ai | 53.51% | 45 | 41.92% | 95.40% | 80.54% | 88.13% | 86.77% | 78.13% | 9.52% | 1.50% |
| MiMo-V2.6-FlashXiaomi | 53.23% | 38 | 22.73% | – | – | – | – | 78.96% | – | 0.50% |
| GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI | 53.09% | 42 | 35.35% | 95.40% | 85.93% | 90.91% | 86.66% | 74.59% | 13.81% | 0.50% |
What the hosted runtime reports
Ollama Cloud serves its own copy of this model, so its context cap and its prices are the ones a caller actually gets. Read 25 September 2026.
- Parameters
- 753B parameters
- Hosted context
- 1M tokens
- Hosted price / Mtok
- $1.40in · $0.260 cached · $4.40 out
Tool callingReasoning modeServed by the hostInput: Text
Z.ai's own harness numbers in the model card come from Claude Code at maximum reasoning effort, which is the setting its Terminal-Bench 3.0 and DeepSWE rows belong to.
Results by benchmark
Independent and vendor results retain their own harnesses and effort settings.
| Benchmark | Independent run | As reported by a publisher |
|---|---|---|
| τ³-BankingTool use | 50.31%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| ITBench-AAIT operations | 46.08%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| MLCR-AAMedical reasoning | 48.33%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| SWE-Bench Pro V2 FullRepository coding | 95.60%Scale AI / SEAL | not published |
| SWE-Bench Pro V2 HARDRepository coding | 84.30%Scale AI / SEAL | 84.3%SWE Bench Pro v2-HardReflection AI · 5 October 2026Rank 2 of 4 in this publisher table |
| Vals RSI IndexAutonomous research | 22.91%Vals AI | not published |
| Vibe Code Bench 1–100Application development | 19.99%Vals AI | not published |
| EnterpriseOps-Gym-AAEnterprise workflows | 36.44%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| Humanity's Last Exam (text-only, without tools)Multidisciplinary reasoning | no published result | 42.0%Text-only HLE (w/o tools)DeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 2 of 3 in this publisher table |
| Apex Bench v1.1Reasoning | no published result | 56.6%Apex Bench v1.1DeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 4 of 6 in this publisher table |
| SWE Atlas Codebase QnACodebase understanding | no published result | 61.0%SWE Atlas Codebase QnAReflection AI · 5 October 2026Rank 2 of 3 in this publisher table |
| AutomationBench (public split)Business workflows | no published result | 48.2%AutomationBench publicReflection AI · 5 October 2026Rank 2 of 6 in this publisher table |
| MCP AtlasAgentic tooling | no published result | 84.2%MCP AtlasReflection AI · 5 October 2026Rank 2 of 7 in this publisher table |
| AA-LCR (version not specified)Long-context reasoning | no published result | 79.7%AA-LCRReflection AI · 5 October 2026Rank 4 of 8 in this publisher table |
| AA-Omniscience (public split)Factual knowledge | no published result | 22.6AA Omniscience (index) - public split only (our results)Reflection AI · 5 October 2026Rank 1 of 5 in this publisher table |
| AutomationBench-AAWorkflow automation | 62.20%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| SciCodeScientific coding | 59.03%Artificial Analysis | 59.0%SciCodeReflection AI · 5 October 2026Rank 1 of 7 in this publisher table |
| GDP.pdfDocument reasoning | 11.20%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| CritPtScientific reasoning | 19.14%Artificial Analysis | 19.1%CriPT AAReflection AI · 5 October 2026Rank 4 of 8 in this publisher table |
| AA-OmniscienceFactual knowledge | 14.3Artificial Analysis | not published |
| AA-LCR v1.1Long-context reasoning | 79.67%Artificial Analysis | not published |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0Agentic coding | 41.92%Artificial Analysis 38.89%Vals AI | 37.9%Terminal-Bench 4.0DeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 4 of 6 in this publisher table 37.9%Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 3 of 7 in this publisher table |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1Agentic coding | 71.54%Vals AI 83.90%Artificial Analysis | 88.2%Terminal Bench v2.1Reflection AI · 5 October 2026Rank 3 of 8 in this publisher table 88.2%Terminal Bench 2.1Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 3 of 8 in this publisher table 88.2%Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 5 of 7 in this publisher table |
| SWE-bench (Verified)Software engineering | 95.40%Vals AI | not published |
| LiveCodeBenchCode generation | 80.54%Vals AI | not published |
| GPQA DiamondScience reasoning | 88.13%Vals AI 91.72%Artificial Analysis | 91.7%GPQA DiamondReflection AI · 5 October 2026Rank 3 of 8 in this publisher table 88.1%GPQA Diamond (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 7 of 7 in this publisher table |
| MMLU ProKnowledge | 86.77%Vals AI | not published |
| Vibe Code Bench v1.1Product coding | 78.13%Vals AI | not published |
| Terminal-Bench Science 0.1Agentic science | 9.52%Artificial Analysis 4.29%Vals AI | not published |
| ProgramBenchAgentic coding | 1.50%Vals AI | 19.0%ProgramBenchDeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 5 of 6 in this publisher table 19.0%ProgramBench (Almost Solved)Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 3 of 7 in this publisher table 19.0%ProgramBench (Almost@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 4 of 6 in this publisher table |
| ProofBench v1.1Mathematics | 49.00%Vals AI | not published |
| LegalBenchProfessional knowledge | 84.84%Vals AI | not published |
| Harvey's Legal Agent BenchmarkProfessional knowledge | 8.33%Vals AI | not published |
| SkillsBenchAgentic tooling | 47.51%Vals AI | not published |
| MysteryMechanismScientific reasoning | 22.97%Vals AI | not published |
| Vals IndexComposite | 53.51%Vals AI | not published |
| Code MigrationAgentic coding | 44.22%Vals AI | not published |
| CyberBench v1.1Security | 72.08%Vals AI | not published |
| EMBFinancial modelling | 56.34%Vals AI | not published |
| Finance Agent (v2)Financial analysis | 55.84%Vals AI | not published |
| IOICompetitive programming | 68.44%Vals AI | not published |
| Legal Research BenchProfessional knowledge | 49.04%Vals AI | not published |
| MedCodeHealthcare administration | 42.86%Vals AI | not published |
| MedScribeHealthcare administration | 88.81%Vals AI | not published |
| Public Benefits Bench v1.1Public services | 68.54%Vals AI | not published |
| Tax Agent BenchProfessional knowledge | 73.09%Vals AI | not published |
| AutomationBenchBusiness workflows | no published result | 48.8%AutomationBench (v1.0.6)DeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 4 of 6 in this publisher table 48.2%AutomationBench (v1.0.6)Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 1 of 8 in this publisher table 48.8%AutomationBench (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 3 of 7 in this publisher table |
| DeepSWE v1.1Software engineering | 68.96%Datacurve | 66.9%DeepSWE v1.1DeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 6 of 6 in this publisher table 61.0%DeepSWE v1.1Reflection AI · 5 October 2026Rank 3 of 6 in this publisher table 66.9%DeepSWE (v1.1)Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 4 of 8 in this publisher table 66.9%DeepSWE v1.1 (Resolved)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 5 of 7 in this publisher table |
| GDPval-AA v2.1Knowledge work | 1,643.62Artificial Analysis | not published |
| AA-Briefcase v1.1Knowledge work | 1,511.41Artificial Analysis | not published |
| Humanity's Last ExamMultidisciplinary reasoning | 42.26%Artificial Analysis | 42.3%HLE no toolsReflection AI · 5 October 2026Rank 3 of 8 in this publisher table 62.5%HLE w/ ToolsZ.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 3 of 8 in this publisher table 42.0%HLE (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 5 of 7 in this publisher table 62.5%HLE w/ tools (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 3 of 6 in this publisher table |
| Agents' Last ExamComputer use | no published result | 28.5%Agents' Last ExamDeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 4 of 6 in this publisher table 28.5%Agents' Last Exam (ALE-CLI)Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 2 of 8 in this publisher table 28.5%Agents' Last Exam (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 3 of 7 in this publisher table |
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexComposite | 45Artificial Analysis | not published |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0Agentic coding | no published result | 28.3%Terminal Bench 3.0Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 3 of 6 in this publisher table 28.3%Terminal-Bench 3.0 (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 4 of 7 in this publisher table |
| NL2Repo-BenchAgentic coding | no published result | 58.0%NL2Repo-BenchDeepSeek · 17 October 2026Rank 4 of 6 in this publisher table 58.0%NL2RepoZ.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 3 of 6 in this publisher table 58.0%NL2Repo-Bench (Score)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 4 of 7 in this publisher table |
| CyberGymSecurity | no published result | 84.5%CyberGymZ.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 1 of 8 in this publisher table 84.5%CyberGym (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 2 of 6 in this publisher table |
| ExploitGymSecurity | no published result | 105ExploitGym (2h)Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 3 of 7 in this publisher table 130ExploitGym (6h)Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 3 of 7 in this publisher table 15.0%ExploitGym (Pass@1)DeepSeek · 10 September 2026Rank 4 of 6 in this publisher table |
| FrontierSWEAgentic research | no published result | 78.1%FrontierSWEZ.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 2 of 4 in this publisher table |
| SWE-MarathonAgentic coding | no published result | 42.5%SWE-Marathon (v1.1)Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 3 of 6 in this publisher table |
| PostTrainBenchAI research | no published result | 39.8%PostTrainBenchZ.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 2 of 6 in this publisher table |
| ExploitBenchSecurity | no published result | 54.4%ExploitBenchZ.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 3 of 7 in this publisher table |
| Toolathlon VerifiedAgentic tooling | no published result | 73.0%Toolathlon VerifiedZ.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 6 of 8 in this publisher table |
| GDPval-AA v2Knowledge work | no published result | 1,769GDPval-AA v2Z.ai · 14 August 2026Rank 1 of 8 in this publisher table |
Sources
Read on 17 October 2026.
- Z.ai announcementz.ai/blog/glm-5.3
- Vals AI model pagewww.vals.ai/models/zai_glm-5.3
- Ollama model pageollama.com/library/glm-5.3