Model comparison

GLM-5.3-Flash vs Grok 4 Heavy

GLM-5.3-Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#45); Grok 4 Heavy does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

49.6

Rank #45 Confirmed

Grok 4 Heavy xAI

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Unranked

Summary

  • GLM-5.3-Flash has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-5.3-Flash and Grok 4 Heavy specifications
GLM-5.3-FlashGrok 4 Heavy
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)xAI
Noometry Index49.6—
Released2026-08-202025-07-10
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.50—
Results tracked361

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.7 (#26), Grok 4 Heavy: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashGrok 4 Heavy
DeepSWE63.4%—
FrontierCode31.8%—
LMArena WebDev1614—
SciCode51.6%—
LMArena Coding1506—
ALE-Bench303.55—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 34.3 (#41), Grok 4 Heavy: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashGrok 4 Heavy
APEX-Agents52.8%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 31.7 (#69), Grok 4 Heavy: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashGrok 4 Heavy
CritPt15.4%—
Chess Puzzles14%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1490—
Mystery Game Puzzles8%—
Surface Evolver Bench52.5%—
Bench to the Future 30.15—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.9—

Math Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.1 (#38), Grok 4 Heavy: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashGrok 4 Heavy
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)55.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.9%—
ProofBench21%—
LMArena Math1499—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—2.1%

Knowledge Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 58.4 (#33), Grok 4 Heavy: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashGrok 4 Heavy
GPQA Diamond90.2%—
LMArena Expert1512—

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 42.6 (#25), Grok 4 Heavy: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashGrok 4 Heavy
LMArena Vision1304—

Multilingual Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 56.2 (#24), Grok 4 Heavy: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashGrok 4 Heavy
LMArena Non-English1462—
LMArena Chinese1529—
LMArena French1495—
LMArena German1457—
LMArena Japanese1420—
LMArena Korean1443—
LMArena Russian1472—
LMArena Spanish1471—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 77.8 (#17), Grok 4 Heavy: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashGrok 4 Heavy
LMArena Instruction Following1480—

Long Context Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 45.3 (#41), Grok 4 Heavy: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashGrok 4 Heavy
LMArena Longer Query1479—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 65.4 (#49), Grok 4 Heavy: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashGrok 4 Heavy
LMArena Text1471—
LMArena Creative Writing1440—
LMArena Multi-Turn1471—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.3-Flash better than Grok 4 Heavy?

GLM-5.3-Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#45); Grok 4 Heavy does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.3-Flash and Grok 4 Heavy share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.3-Flash has 36 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4 Heavy has 1.

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