Model comparison
Command A vs GLM-5.3
GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.3 in 9 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where GLM-5.3 leads 59.5 to 27.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 10.3% for Command A and 55.5% for GLM-5.3.
- GLM-5.3 is cheaper at $1.40 / $4.40 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- GLM-5.3 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 256K.
Side by side
| Command A | GLM-5.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 54.8 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2026-08-14 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 1M |
| Max output | 8K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $1.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $4.40 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 42 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5.3 leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14)
| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1496 |
| DeepSWE | — | 69% |
| FrontierCode | — | 40.1% |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| CursorBench | — | 42.6% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1622 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 30.2% |
| SciCode | — | 59% |
| WeirdML | — | 75.4% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,317 |
Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call
Command A: 35.9 (#40), GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38)
| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 56.6% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 8,164 |
Reasoning GLM-5.3 leads
Command A: 18.3 (#283), GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46)
| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1489 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 87.7% |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 55.5% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.2% |
| CritPt | — | 19.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 33% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.15 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 155.61 |
Math GLM-5.3 leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33)
| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1489 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 68.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 29.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 49% |
Knowledge GLM-5.3 leads
Command A: 37.1 (#159), GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37)
| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1516 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 90.9% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 41% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multilingual GLM-5.3 leads
Command A: 45.3 (#170), GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28)
| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1457 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1528 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | 1499 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1499 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | 1453 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1472 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1463 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | 1460 |
Instruction Following GLM-5.3 leads
Command A: 69.1 (#177), GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23)
| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1477 |
Long Context GLM-5.3 leads
Command A: 40.6 (#151), GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41)
| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1482 |
Writing & Preference GLM-5.3 leads
Command A: 47.6 (#208), GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6)
| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1471 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1457 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | 2075 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1472 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than GLM-5.3?
GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command A or GLM-5.3?
GLM-5.3 is cheaper. It lists at $1.40 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command A or GLM-5.3 better for coding?
GLM-5.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.5 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GLM-5.3 does, with 1M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Command A and GLM-5.3 share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3 has 42.