Model comparison
GLM-5V-Turbo vs Grok 4.3
GLM-5V-Turbo and Grok 4.3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.8 vs 43.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher in 6 categories and Grok 4.3 in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Grok 4.3 leads 52.5 to 40.6.
- Grok 4.3 is cheaper at $1.25 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $4 for GLM-5V-Turbo.
- Grok 4.3 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 200K.
Side by side
| GLM-5V-Turbo | Grok 4.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 43.8 |
| Released | 2026-04-01 | 2026-04-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 200K | 1M |
| Max output | 131K | 30K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4 | $2.50 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 40 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
GLM-5V-Turbo: 42.1 (#111), Grok 4.3: 41.6 (#121)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1401 | 1357 |
| LMArena Coding | 1466 | 1415 |
| SciCode | — | 47.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 49.9% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 944.17 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GLM-5V-Turbo: —, Grok 4.3: 27.7 (#99)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | — | 8% |
| LMArena Search | — | 1165 |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 35.26 |
Reasoning Grok 4.3 leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 29.7 (#89), Grok 4.3: 35.9 (#68)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | 1396 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 55.2% |
| CritPt | — | 8% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 25% |
| DTBench | — | 90.7% |
| LMCA | — | 38.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 149.16 |
| ForecastBench | — | 60.3 |
Math Grok 4.3 leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.4 (#106), Grok 4.3: 46.0 (#74)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1441 | 1388 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 42.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 14.6% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 93.3% |
| ProofBench | — | 11% |
Knowledge Grok 4.3 leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.6 (#117), Grok 4.3: 52.5 (#62)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1452 | 1385 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 33.2% |
Multimodal GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.9 (#42), Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#104)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1264 | 1229 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 0% |
| LMArena Document | 1416 | — |
Multilingual GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.0 (#73), Grok 4.3: 50.5 (#120)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 1385 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1488 | 1422 |
| LMArena French | 1444 | 1412 |
| LMArena German | 1423 | 1395 |
| LMArena Korean | 1396 | 1356 |
| LMArena Russian | 1431 | 1399 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1450 | 1398 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1379 |
Instruction Following GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.0 (#80), Grok 4.3: 72.1 (#140)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1423 | 1366 |
Long Context GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#80), Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#123)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1438 | 1393 |
Writing & Preference GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.5 (#73), Grok 4.3: 58.5 (#118)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1397 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1416 | 1380 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1432 | 1406 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1075 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-5V-Turbo better than Grok 4.3?
GLM-5V-Turbo and Grok 4.3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.8 vs 43.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, GLM-5V-Turbo or Grok 4.3?
Grok 4.3 is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; GLM-5V-Turbo lists at $1.20 and $4.
Is GLM-5V-Turbo or Grok 4.3 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (42.1 vs 41.6); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
Grok 4.3 does, with 1M tokens against 200K.
How many benchmarks do GLM-5V-Turbo and Grok 4.3 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5V-Turbo has 19 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.3 has 40.