Model comparison
GLM-5.3-Flash vs o3-pro
GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.8 to 42.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher in 3 categories and o3-pro in 2 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.3-Flash leads 58.4 to 29.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2: 65.8% for GLM-5.3-Flash and 4.9% for o3-pro.
- GLM-5.3-Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.50 per million input/output tokens, against $20 / $80 for o3-pro.
- GLM-5.3-Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.
- GLM-5.3-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GLM-5.3-Flash | o3-pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 51.8 | 42.9 |
| Released | 2026-08-20 | 2025-06-10 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1M | 200K |
| Max output | 131K | 100K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.50 | $80 |
| Results tracked | 40 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding o3-pro leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.1 (#31), o3-pro: 55.5 (#24)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | 63.4% | — |
| FrontierCode | 31.8% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 84.9% |
| CursorBench | 36.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1609 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 18.1% | — |
| SciCode | 51.6% | — |
| WeirdML | — | 58.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1508 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 303.55 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GLM-5.3-Flash: 34.2 (#47), o3-pro: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 52.8% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 14% | — |
Reasoning GLM-5.3-Flash leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 48.0 (#42), o3-pro: 23.8 (#171)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 65.8% | 4.9% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 91% | 59.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 151.88 | 147.42 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.1% |
| CritPt | 15.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 14% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1491 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 8% | — |
| DTBench | — | 86.9% |
| LMCA | — | 38.5% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 52.5% | — |
| Bench to the Future 3 | 0.15 | — |
Math Not comparable
GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.3 (#47), o3-pro: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 55.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 93.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 21% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1500 | — |
Knowledge GLM-5.3-Flash leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 58.4 (#36), o3-pro: 29.5 (#238)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.2% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 14.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 23.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1513 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-5.3-Flash: 42.8 (#27), o3-pro: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1296 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
GLM-5.3-Flash: 56.0 (#25), o3-pro: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1462 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1527 | — |
| LMArena French | 1496 | — |
| LMArena German | 1470 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1429 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1446 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1469 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1471 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
GLM-5.3-Flash: 77.5 (#20), o3-pro: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1478 | — |
Long Context o3-pro leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 45.4 (#39), o3-pro: 72.2 (#1)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 97.2% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1482 | — |
Writing & Preference GLM-5.3-Flash leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 65.3 (#50), o3-pro: 57.1 (#133)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1471 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1442 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 84.4% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1467 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-5.3-Flash better than o3-pro?
GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.8 to 42.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, GLM-5.3-Flash or o3-pro?
GLM-5.3-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; o3-pro lists at $20 and $80.
Is GLM-5.3-Flash or o3-pro better for coding?
o3-pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 53.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GLM-5.3-Flash does, with 1M tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-5.3-Flash and o3-pro share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.3-Flash has 40 scored results on Noometry and o3-pro has 12.