Model comparison

GLM-5.3-Flash vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct

GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.8 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.8

Rank #41 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.3-Flash leads 58.4 to 34.1.

Side by side

GLM-5.3-Flash and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct specifications
GLM-5.3-FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)NVIDIA
Noometry Index51.837.6
Released2026-08-202024-12-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.50—
Results tracked4014

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.1 (#31), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.9 (#216)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Coding15081272
DeepSWE63.4%—
FrontierCode31.8%—
CursorBench36.8%—
LMArena WebDev1609—
FrontierSWE18.1%—
SciCode51.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.7%
BigCodeBench Complete—48.2%
ALE-Bench303.55—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 34.2 (#47), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
APEX-Agents52.8%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 48.0 (#42), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 25.0 (#152)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14911266
ARC-AGI-265.8%—
ARC-AGI-191%—
CritPt15.4%—
Chess Puzzles14%—
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), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.5 (#182)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Math15001271
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)55.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.9%—
ProofBench21%—

Knowledge GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 58.4 (#36), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 34.1 (#199)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Expert15131242
GPQA Diamond90.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 42.8 (#27), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Vision1296—

Multilingual GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 56.0 (#25), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 40.5 (#217)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14621245
LMArena Chinese15271263
LMArena Russian14691227
LMArena French1496—
LMArena German1470—
LMArena Japanese1429—
LMArena Korean1446—
LMArena Spanish1471—

Instruction Following GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 77.5 (#20), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 65.9 (#213)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14781252

Long Context GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 45.4 (#39), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#215)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14821238

Writing & Preference GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 65.3 (#50), Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 48.4 (#203)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct
LMArena Text14711283
LMArena Creative Writing14421269
LMArena Multi-Turn14671275

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.3-Flash better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct?

GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.8 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5.3-Flash or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct better for coding?

GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.1 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.3-Flash and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.3-Flash has 40 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has 14.

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