Noometry

Model comparison

GLM-5.3 vs Nova 2 Lite

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index. Nova 2 Lite costs 2.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.3 Z.ai (Zhipu)

54.8

Rank #26 Confirmed

Nova 2 Lite Amazon

39.7

Rank #161 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.3 scores higher in 9 categories and Nova 2 Lite in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5.3 leads 62.3 to 37.5.
  • Nova 2 Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.3.
  • GLM-5.3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-5.3Nova 2 Lite
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Amazon
Noometry Index54.839.7
Released2026-08-142025-12-01
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M1M
Max output131K64K
Input $ / M tokens$1.40$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$4.40$2.50
Results tracked4219

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14), Nova 2 Lite: 40.7 (#134)

BenchmarkGLM-5.3Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Coding14961385
DeepSWE69%—
FrontierCode40.1%—
CursorBench42.6%—
LMArena WebDev1622—
FrontierSWE30.2%—
SciCode59%—
WeirdML75.4%—
ALE-Bench1,317—

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38), Nova 2 Lite: 24.1 (#121)

BenchmarkGLM-5.3Nova 2 Lite
APEX-Agents56.6%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—27.1%
Vending-Bench 28,164—

Reasoning GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46), Nova 2 Lite: 27.5 (#118)

BenchmarkGLM-5.3Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Hard Prompts14891364
NYT Connections (extended)74.2%—
CritPt19.1%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
Mystery Game Puzzles33%—
DTBench87.7%—
LMCA55.5%—
Bench to the Future 30.15—
Epoch Capabilities Index155.61—

Math GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33), Nova 2 Lite: 37.5 (#156)

BenchmarkGLM-5.3Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Math14891359
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202591.1%—
ProofBench49%—

Knowledge GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37), Nova 2 Lite: 43.0 (#94)

BenchmarkGLM-5.3Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Expert15161358
GPQA Diamond90.9%—
SimpleQA Verified41%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.1%

Multilingual GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28), Nova 2 Lite: 47.1 (#153)

BenchmarkGLM-5.3Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Non-English14571337
LMArena Chinese15281364
LMArena French14991381
LMArena German14991343
LMArena Japanese14531271
LMArena Korean14721284
LMArena Russian14631343
LMArena Spanish14601373

Instruction Following GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23), Nova 2 Lite: 70.5 (#161)

BenchmarkGLM-5.3Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Instruction Following14771335

Long Context GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41), Nova 2 Lite: 40.6 (#150)

BenchmarkGLM-5.3Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Longer Query14821335

Writing & Preference GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6), Nova 2 Lite: 53.9 (#154)

BenchmarkGLM-5.3Nova 2 Lite
LMArena Text14711362
LMArena Creative Writing14571291
LMArena Multi-Turn14721338
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2075—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.3 better than Nova 2 Lite?

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 39.7 on the Noometry Index. Nova 2 Lite costs 2.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GLM-5.3 or Nova 2 Lite?

Nova 2 Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; GLM-5.3 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.

Is GLM-5.3 or Nova 2 Lite better for coding?

GLM-5.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.5 versus 40.7 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.3 and Nova 2 Lite share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.3 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2 Lite has 19.

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