Noometry

Model comparison

GLM-5.3-Flash vs Laguna XS.2

GLM-5.3-Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#41); Laguna XS.2 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.8

Rank #41 Confirmed

Laguna XS.2 Poolside

32.9

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher in 2 categories and Laguna XS.2 in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5.3-Flash leads 53.3 to 21.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 21% for GLM-5.3-Flash and 0% for Laguna XS.2.

Side by side

GLM-5.3-FlashLaguna XS.2
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Poolside
Noometry Index51.832.9
Released2026-08-202026-04-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.50—
Results tracked402

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.1 (#31), Laguna XS.2: 34.4

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLaguna XS.2
LMArena WebDev16091302
DeepSWE63.4%—
FrontierCode31.8%—
CursorBench36.8%—
FrontierSWE18.1%—
SciCode51.6%—
LMArena Coding1508—
ALE-Bench303.55—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 34.2 (#47), Laguna XS.2: —

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLaguna XS.2
APEX-Agents52.8%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 48.0 (#42), Laguna XS.2: —

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLaguna XS.2
ARC-AGI-265.8%—
ARC-AGI-191%—
CritPt15.4%—
Chess Puzzles14%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1491—
Mystery Game Puzzles8%—
Surface Evolver Bench52.5%—
Bench to the Future 30.15—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.88—

Math GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.3 (#47), Laguna XS.2: 21.1

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLaguna XS.2
ProofBench21%0%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)55.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.9%—
LMArena Math1500—

Knowledge Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 58.4 (#36), Laguna XS.2: —

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLaguna XS.2
GPQA Diamond90.2%—
LMArena Expert1513—

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 42.8 (#27), Laguna XS.2: —

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLaguna XS.2
LMArena Vision1296—

Multilingual Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 56.0 (#25), Laguna XS.2: —

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLaguna XS.2
LMArena Non-English1462—
LMArena Chinese1527—
LMArena French1496—
LMArena German1470—
LMArena Japanese1429—
LMArena Korean1446—
LMArena Russian1469—
LMArena Spanish1471—

Instruction Following Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 77.5 (#20), Laguna XS.2: —

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLaguna XS.2
LMArena Instruction Following1478—

Long Context Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 45.4 (#39), Laguna XS.2: —

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLaguna XS.2
LMArena Longer Query1482—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 65.3 (#50), Laguna XS.2: —

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLaguna XS.2
LMArena Text1471—
LMArena Creative Writing1442—
LMArena Multi-Turn1467—

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.3-Flash better than Laguna XS.2?

GLM-5.3-Flash has enough public results to be ranked (#41); Laguna XS.2 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is GLM-5.3-Flash or Laguna XS.2 better for coding?

GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.1 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.3-Flash and Laguna XS.2 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.3-Flash has 40 scored results on Noometry and Laguna XS.2 has 2.

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