Model comparison

GLM-5.3 vs Qwen-14B

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.3 Z.ai (Zhipu)

54.8

Rank #26 Confirmed

Qwen-14B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #275 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.3 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen-14B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5.3 leads 75.7 to 27.6.

Side by side

GLM-5.3 and Qwen-14B specifications
GLM-5.3Qwen-14B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index54.831.4
Released2026-08-142023-09-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked4218

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14), Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#288)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Qwen-14B
LMArena Coding14961071
DeepSWE69%—
FrontierCode40.1%—
CursorBench42.6%—
LMArena WebDev1622—
FrontierSWE30.2%—
SciCode59%—
WeirdML75.4%—
ALE-Bench1,317—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38), Qwen-14B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Qwen-14B
APEX-Agents56.6%—
Vending-Bench 28,164—

Reasoning GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46), Qwen-14B: 19.6 (#257)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Qwen-14B
LMArena Hard Prompts14891027
Epoch Capabilities Index155.61113.03
NYT Connections (extended)74.2%—
CritPt19.1%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
Mystery Game Puzzles33%—
DTBench87.7%—
LMCA55.5%—
Bench to the Future 30.15—
BIG-Bench Hard—55%
LAMBADA—71.1%
PIQA—79.9%

Math GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33), Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#227)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Qwen-14B
LMArena Math14891068
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202591.1%—
ProofBench49%—
GSM8K—61.3%

Knowledge Not comparable

GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37), Qwen-14B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Qwen-14B
GPQA Diamond90.9%—
SimpleQA Verified41%—
LMArena Expert1516—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.4%
BoolQ—86.2%
MMLU—66.3%

Multilingual GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28), Qwen-14B: 27.5 (#275)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Qwen-14B
LMArena Non-English14571041
LMArena Chinese15281077
LMArena French1499—
LMArena German1499—
LMArena Japanese1453—
LMArena Korean1472—
LMArena Russian1463—
LMArena Spanish1460—

Instruction Following GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23), Qwen-14B: 52.4 (#289)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Qwen-14B
LMArena Instruction Following14771031

Long Context GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41), Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#280)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Qwen-14B
LMArena Longer Query14821028

Writing & Preference GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6), Qwen-14B: 27.6 (#299)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3Qwen-14B
LMArena Text14711051
LMArena Creative Writing14571028
LMArena Multi-Turn14721022
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2075—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.3 better than Qwen-14B?

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5.3 or Qwen-14B better for coding?

GLM-5.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.5 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.3 and Qwen-14B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.3 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.

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