Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs GLM-5.3
GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
DatabricksSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.3 in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5.3 leads 75.7 to 15.2.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 54.8 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2026-08-14 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $4.40 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 42 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5.3 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1496 |
| DeepSWE | — | 69% |
| FrontierCode | — | 40.1% |
| CursorBench | — | 42.6% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1622 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 30.2% |
| SciCode | — | 59% |
| WeirdML | — | 75.4% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,317 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 56.6% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 8,164 |
Reasoning GLM-5.3 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1489 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | 155.61 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.2% |
| CritPt | — | 19.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 33% |
| DTBench | — | 87.7% |
| LMCA | — | 55.5% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.15 |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math GLM-5.3 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1489 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 68.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 29.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 49% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 90.9% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 41% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1516 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual GLM-5.3 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1457 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 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
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1477 |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1482 |
Writing & Preference GLM-5.3 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1471 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1457 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1472 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 2075 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than GLM-5.3?
GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or GLM-5.3 better for coding?
GLM-5.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.5 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and GLM-5.3 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3 has 42.