Model comparison

Gemini 3 Deep Think vs GLM-5.3

GLM-5.3 has enough public results to be ranked (#26); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Deep Think Google

58.3

Unranked Sparse

GLM-5.3 Z.ai (Zhipu)

54.8

Rank #26 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 3 Deep Think scores higher in 1 category and GLM-5.3 in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Deep Think leads 70.2 to 46.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 25.7% for Gemini 3 Deep Think and 19.1% for GLM-5.3.
  • GLM-5.3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Deep Think and GLM-5.3 specifications
Gemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.3
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index58.354.8
Released2026-02-122026-08-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.40
Output $ / M tokens—$4.40
Results tracked342

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.3
DeepSWE—69%
FrontierCode—40.1%
CursorBench—42.6%
LMArena WebDev—1622
FrontierSWE—30.2%
SciCode—59%
WeirdML—75.4%
LMArena Coding—1496
ALE-Bench—1,317

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.3
APEX-Agents—56.6%
Vending-Bench 2—8,164

Reasoning Gemini 3 Deep Think leads

Gemini 3 Deep Think: 70.2 (#14), GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.3
CritPt25.7%19.1%
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)—74.2%
ARC-AGI-196%—
Chess Puzzles—21%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1489
Mystery Game Puzzles—33%
DTBench—87.7%
LMCA—55.5%
Bench to the Future 3—0.15
Epoch Capabilities Index—155.61

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.3
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—68.8%
FrontierMath Tier 4—29.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—91.1%
ProofBench—49%
LMArena Math—1489

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.3
GPQA Diamond—90.9%
SimpleQA Verified—41%
LMArena Expert—1516

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.3
LMArena Non-English—1457
LMArena Chinese—1528
LMArena French—1499
LMArena German—1499
LMArena Japanese—1453
LMArena Korean—1472
LMArena Russian—1463
LMArena Spanish—1460

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.3
LMArena Instruction Following—1477

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.3
LMArena Longer Query—1482

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 3 Deep Think: —, GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Deep ThinkGLM-5.3
LMArena Text—1471
LMArena Creative Writing—1457
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—2075
LMArena Multi-Turn—1472

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Deep Think better than GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 has enough public results to be ranked (#26); Gemini 3 Deep Think does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Deep Think and GLM-5.3 share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 3 Deep Think has 3 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3 has 42.

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