Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B vs GLM-5.3

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.3 Z.ai (Zhipu)

54.8

Rank #26 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.3 in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.3 leads 58.3 to 30.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 51.4% for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B and 91.1% for GLM-5.3.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B and GLM-5.3 specifications
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGLM-5.3
ProviderDeepSeekZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index37.854.8
Released2025-01-202026-08-14
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.40
Output $ / M tokens—$4.40
Results tracked1342

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.3 leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 36.8 (#202), GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGLM-5.3
DeepSWE—69%
FrontierCode—40.1%
CursorBench—42.6%
LMArena WebDev—1622
FrontierSWE—30.2%
SciCode—59%
WeirdML—75.4%
BigCodeBench Instruct35.3%—
LiveBench Coding51.6%—
LMArena Coding—1496
BigCodeBench Complete49.9%—
ALE-Bench—1,317

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: —, GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGLM-5.3
APEX-Agents—56.6%
Vending-Bench 2—8,164

Reasoning GLM-5.3 leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 24.9 (#156), GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGLM-5.3
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)—74.2%
CritPt—19.1%
Chess Puzzles—21%
LiveBench Reasoning67.6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1489
Mystery Game Puzzles—33%
DTBench—87.7%
LiveBench Data Analysis55.9%—
LMCA—55.5%
Bench to the Future 3—0.15
Epoch Capabilities Index—155.61
LiveBench54.5%—

Math GLM-5.3 leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 36.0 (#176), GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGLM-5.3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202551.4%91.1%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—68.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4—29.3%
ProofBench—49%
LiveBench Math58.1%—
LMArena Math—1489
MATH Level 589.9%—

Knowledge GLM-5.3 leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 30.7 (#225), GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGLM-5.3
GPQA Diamond55.7%90.9%
SimpleQA Verified—41%
LMArena Expert—1516

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: —, GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGLM-5.3
LMArena Non-English—1457
LMArena Chinese—1528
LMArena French—1499
LMArena German—1499
LMArena Japanese—1453
LMArena Korean—1472
LMArena Russian—1463
LMArena Spanish—1460

Instruction Following GLM-5.3 leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 68.2 (#190), GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGLM-5.3
LiveBench Instruction Following69.9%—
LMArena Instruction Following—1477

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: —, GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGLM-5.3
LMArena Longer Query—1482

Writing & Preference GLM-5.3 leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 49.0 (#194), GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BGLM-5.3
LMArena Text—1471
LMArena Creative Writing—1457
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—2075
LMArena Multi-Turn—1472
LiveBench Language23.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B better than GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B or GLM-5.3 better for coding?

GLM-5.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.5 versus 36.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B and GLM-5.3 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B has 13 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3 has 42.

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