Model comparison
GLM-5.3 vs Llama 13b
GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.3 scores higher in 6 categories and Llama 13b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5.3 leads 75.7 to 13.8.
Side by side
| GLM-5.3 | Llama 13b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 54.8 | 24.4 |
| Released | 2026-08-14 | 2023-02-24 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.40 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 42 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5.3 leads
GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14), Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1496 | 683 |
| 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
GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38), Llama 13b: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 56.6% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 8,164 | — |
Reasoning GLM-5.3 leads
GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46), Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1489 | 728 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.61 | 100.58 |
| 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 | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 37.9% |
| HellaSwag | — | 79.2% |
| LAMBADA | — | 75.2% |
| PIQA | — | 80.1% |
| WinoGrande | — | 73% |
Math GLM-5.3 leads
GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33), Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1489 | 838 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 68.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 29.3% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 91.1% | — |
| ProofBench | 49% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 20.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37), Llama 13b: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 41% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1516 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 52.7% |
| BoolQ | — | 78.7% |
| MMLU | — | 47.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 56.4% |
| TriviaQA | — | 77.9% |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-5.3: —, Llama 13b: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | — | 43.3% |
Multilingual GLM-5.3 leads
GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28), Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1457 | 819 |
| 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
GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23), Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1477 | 781 |
Long Context Not comparable
GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41), Llama 13b: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1482 | — |
Writing & Preference GLM-5.3 leads
GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6), Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Llama 13b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1471 | 834 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1457 | 794 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1472 | 753 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 2075 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-5.3 better than Llama 13b?
GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is GLM-5.3 or Llama 13b better for coding?
GLM-5.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.5 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GLM-5.3 and Llama 13b share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.3 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Llama 13b has 21.