Model comparison

GLM-5.3-Flash vs Yi-34B

GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.6 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

49.6

Rank #45 Confirmed

Yi-34B 01.AI

27.4

Rank #325 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-34B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.3-Flash leads 58.4 to 7.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 90.2% for GLM-5.3-Flash and 14.7% for Yi-34B.

Side by side

GLM-5.3-Flash and Yi-34B specifications
GLM-5.3-FlashYi-34B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)01.AI
Noometry Index49.627.4
Released2026-08-202023-11-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.50—
Results tracked3623

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.7 (#26), Yi-34B: 31.8 (#269)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashYi-34B
LMArena Coding15061112
DeepSWE63.4%—
FrontierCode31.8%—
LMArena WebDev1614—
SciCode51.6%—
ALE-Bench303.55—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 34.3 (#41), Yi-34B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashYi-34B
APEX-Agents52.8%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 31.7 (#69), Yi-34B: 20.3 (#222)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashYi-34B
LMArena Hard Prompts14901104
Epoch Capabilities Index151.9117.28
CritPt15.4%—
Chess Puzzles14%—
Mystery Game Puzzles8%—
Surface Evolver Bench52.5%—
Bench to the Future 30.15—
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%

Math GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.1 (#38), Yi-34B: 19.8 (#277)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashYi-34B
LMArena Math14991114
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)55.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.9%—
ProofBench21%—
MATH Level 5—5.1%
GSM8K—76%

Knowledge GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 58.4 (#33), Yi-34B: 7.5 (#304)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashYi-34B
GPQA Diamond90.2%14.7%
LMArena Expert15121061
MMLU—76.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 42.6 (#25), Yi-34B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashYi-34B
LMArena Vision1304—

Multilingual GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 56.2 (#24), Yi-34B: 29.9 (#259)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashYi-34B
LMArena Non-English14621079
LMArena Chinese15291175
LMArena French14951080
LMArena German14571042
LMArena Japanese1420993
LMArena Korean1443959
LMArena Russian14721050
LMArena Spanish14711070

Instruction Following GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 77.8 (#17), Yi-34B: 56.4 (#269)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashYi-34B
LMArena Instruction Following14801091

Long Context GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 45.3 (#41), Yi-34B: 33.2 (#259)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashYi-34B
LMArena Longer Query14791094

Writing & Preference GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 65.4 (#49), Yi-34B: 34.3 (#268)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashYi-34B
LMArena Text14711129
LMArena Creative Writing14401108
LMArena Multi-Turn14711113

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.3-Flash better than Yi-34B?

GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.6 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5.3-Flash or Yi-34B better for coding?

GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.7 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.3-Flash and Yi-34B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.3-Flash has 36 scored results on Noometry and Yi-34B has 23.

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