Model comparison
GLM-5.3-Flash vs Llama 3-70B
GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.8 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Llama 3-70B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where GLM-5.3-Flash leads 53.3 to 12.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 93.9% for GLM-5.3-Flash and 4.3% for Llama 3-70B.
Side by side
| GLM-5.3-Flash | Llama 3-70B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 51.8 | 28.8 |
| Released | 2026-08-20 | 2024-04-18 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1M | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 40 | 31 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5.3-Flash leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.1 (#31), Llama 3-70B: 35.8 (#218)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1508 | 1206 |
| DeepSWE | 63.4% | — |
| FrontierCode | 31.8% | — |
| CursorBench | 36.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1609 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 18.1% | — |
| SciCode | 51.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 43.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.5% |
| ALE-Bench | 303.55 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 72% |
| MBPP+ | — | 69% |
Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.3-Flash leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 34.2 (#47), Llama 3-70B: 21.1 (#139)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 52.8% | — |
| Cybench | — | 5% |
| GDP.pdf | 14% | — |
Reasoning GLM-5.3-Flash leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 48.0 (#42), Llama 3-70B: 18.0 (#288)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1491 | 1195 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 151.88 | 122.93 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 65.8% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 35.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 91% | — |
| CritPt | 15.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 14% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 8% | — |
| DTBench | — | 54.2% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 52.5% | — |
| Bench to the Future 3 | 0.15 | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.1 |
| WinoGrande | — | 83.5% |
Math GLM-5.3-Flash leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.3 (#47), Llama 3-70B: 12.8 (#305)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 93.9% | 4.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1500 | 1218 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 55.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| ProofBench | 21% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 22.6% |
Knowledge GLM-5.3-Flash leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 58.4 (#36), Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#277)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 90.2% | 40.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1513 | 1149 |
| MMLU | — | 79.3% |
Multimodal Not comparable
GLM-5.3-Flash: 42.8 (#27), Llama 3-70B: —
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1296 | — |
Multilingual GLM-5.3-Flash leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 56.0 (#25), Llama 3-70B: 33.6 (#251)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1462 | 1142 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1527 | 1114 |
| LMArena French | 1496 | 1232 |
| LMArena German | 1470 | 1169 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1429 | 1017 |
| LMArena Korean | 1446 | 1017 |
| LMArena Russian | 1469 | 1159 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1471 | 1241 |
Instruction Following GLM-5.3-Flash leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 77.5 (#20), Llama 3-70B: 62.5 (#238)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1478 | 1194 |
Long Context GLM-5.3-Flash leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 45.4 (#39), Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#240)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1482 | 1174 |
Writing & Preference GLM-5.3-Flash leads
GLM-5.3-Flash: 65.3 (#50), Llama 3-70B: 42.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | Llama 3-70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1471 | 1221 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1442 | 1210 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1467 | 1223 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-5.3-Flash better than Llama 3-70B?
GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.8 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is GLM-5.3-Flash or Llama 3-70B better for coding?
GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.1 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GLM-5.3-Flash and Llama 3-70B share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.3-Flash has 40 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3-70B has 31.