Model comparison
GLM-5.3 vs Qwen3 32B
GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 39.2 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 32B costs 1.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GLM-5.3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.3 scores higher in 9 categories and Qwen3 32B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-5.3 leads 46.1 to 20.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 55.5% for GLM-5.3 and 17.3% for Qwen3 32B.
- Qwen3 32B is cheaper at $0.70 / $2.80 per million input/output tokens, against $1.40 / $4.40 for GLM-5.3.
- GLM-5.3 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| GLM-5.3 | Qwen3 32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 54.8 | 39.2 |
| Released | 2026-08-14 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 131K |
| Max output | 131K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.40 | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4.40 | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 26 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5.3 leads
GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14), Qwen3 32B: 37.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 59% | 35.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1496 | 1358 |
| DeepSWE | 69% | — |
| FrontierCode | 40.1% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 40% |
| CursorBench | 42.6% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1622 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 30.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 75.4% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,317 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.3 leads
GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38), Qwen3 32B: 32.6 (#62)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 56.6% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 48.7% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 8,164 | — |
Reasoning GLM-5.3 leads
GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46), Qwen3 32B: 20.2 (#241)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 19.1% | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | 21% | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1489 | 1334 |
| DTBench | 87.7% | 67.5% |
| LMCA | 55.5% | 17.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.61 | 138.51 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 54.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 74.2% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 33% | — |
| Bench to the Future 3 | 0.15 | — |
Math GLM-5.3 leads
GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33), Qwen3 32B: 39.7 (#99)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 91.1% | 66.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1489 | 1399 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 68.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 29.3% | — |
| ProofBench | 49% | — |
Knowledge GLM-5.3 leads
GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37), Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#125)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% | 65.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1516 | 1362 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 41% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.9% |
Multilingual GLM-5.3 leads
GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28), Qwen3 32B: 45.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1457 | 1317 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1528 | 1357 |
| LMArena German | 1499 | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | 1463 | 1311 |
| LMArena French | 1499 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1453 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1472 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1460 | — |
Instruction Following GLM-5.3 leads
GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23), Qwen3 32B: 68.9 (#179)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1477 | 1305 |
Long Context GLM-5.3 leads
GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41), Qwen3 32B: 43.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1482 | 1327 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 74.2% |
Writing & Preference GLM-5.3 leads
GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6), Qwen3 32B: 52.9 (#163)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1471 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1457 | 1297 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1472 | 1331 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 2075 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-5.3 better than Qwen3 32B?
GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 39.2 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3 32B costs 1.8× 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 Qwen3 32B?
Qwen3 32B is cheaper. It lists at $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.80 per million output tokens; GLM-5.3 lists at $1.40 and $4.40.
Is GLM-5.3 or Qwen3 32B better for coding?
GLM-5.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.5 versus 37.7 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GLM-5.3 does, with 1M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-5.3 and Qwen3 32B share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.3 has 42 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 32B has 26.