Model comparison
Gemini 3 Deep Think vs GLM-5.3
GLM-5.3 has enough public results to be ranked (#25); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
GoogleSummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 3 Deep Think scores higher in 1 category and GLM-5.3 in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Deep Think leads 70.8 to 45.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 25.7% for Gemini 3 Deep Think and 19.1% for GLM-5.3.
- GLM-5.3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3 Deep Think | GLM-5.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | |
| Noometry Index | 58.5 | 54.6 |
| Released | 2026-02-12 | 2026-08-14 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $4.40 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 41 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.3: 59.0 (#12)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | — | 69% |
| FrontierCode | — | 40.1% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1623 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 30.2% |
| SciCode | — | 59% |
| WeirdML | — | 75.4% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1499 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,317 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.3: 36.3 (#34)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 56.6% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 8,164 |
Reasoning Gemini 3 Deep Think leads
Gemini 3 Deep Think: 70.8 (#11), GLM-5.3: 45.2 (#42)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 25.7% | 19.1% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 84.6% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 96% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1491 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 33% |
| DTBench | — | 87.7% |
| LMCA | — | 55.5% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.15 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 155.56 |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.3: 62.1 (#27)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 68.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 29.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 49% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1493 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#34)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 90.9% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 41% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1512 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.3: 55.9 (#27)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1457 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1523 |
| LMArena French | — | 1499 |
| LMArena German | — | 1505 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1478 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1460 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1444 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.3: 77.8 (#15)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1481 |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.3: 45.5 (#32)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1485 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.3: 75.9 (#6)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3 Deep Think | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1473 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1459 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 2075 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1473 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3 Deep Think better than GLM-5.3?
GLM-5.3 has enough public results to be ranked (#25); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Deep Think and GLM-5.3 share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 3 Deep Think has 3 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3 has 41.