Model comparison

GLM-5.3 vs Llama 3.2 90B

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.3 Z.ai (Zhipu)

54.8

Rank #26 Confirmed

Llama 3.2 90B Meta

27.5

Rank #331 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.3 scores higher in 4 categories and Llama 3.2 90B in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5.3 leads 62.3 to 11.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 91.1% for GLM-5.3 and 2.6% for Llama 3.2 90B.

Side by side

GLM-5.3 and Llama 3.2 90B specifications
GLM-5.3Llama 3.2 90B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Meta
Noometry Index54.827.5
Released2026-08-142024-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked429

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Llama 3.2 90B
DeepSWE69%—
FrontierCode40.1%—
CursorBench42.6%—
LMArena WebDev1622—
FrontierSWE30.2%—
SciCode59%—
WeirdML75.4%—
LMArena Coding1496—
ALE-Bench1,317—

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38), Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Llama 3.2 90B
APEX-Agents56.6%—
BALROG—27.3%
Vending-Bench 28,164—

Reasoning GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Llama 3.2 90B
Epoch Capabilities Index155.61125.5
NYT Connections (extended)74.2%—
CritPt19.1%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
EnigmaEval—0.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts1489—
Mystery Game Puzzles33%—
DTBench87.7%—
LMCA55.5%—
Bench to the Future 30.15—

Math GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33), Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Llama 3.2 90B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202591.1%2.6%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
ProofBench49%—
LMArena Math1489—
MATH Level 5—39.4%

Knowledge GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37), Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Llama 3.2 90B
GPQA Diamond90.9%41%
SimpleQA Verified41%—
LMArena Expert1516—
MMLU—80.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-5.3: —, Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Vision—1000
GeoBench—52%

Multilingual Not comparable

GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Non-English1457—
LMArena Chinese1528—
LMArena French1499—
LMArena German1499—
LMArena Japanese1453—
LMArena Korean1472—
LMArena Russian1463—
LMArena Spanish1460—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Instruction Following1477—

Long Context Not comparable

GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Longer Query1482—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6), Llama 3.2 90B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Llama 3.2 90B
LMArena Text1471—
LMArena Creative Writing1457—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2075—
LMArena Multi-Turn1472—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.3 better than Llama 3.2 90B?

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.3 and Llama 3.2 90B share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.3 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 90B has 9.

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