Noometry

Model comparison

GLM-5.3-Flash vs MiniMax M1

GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.8 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

51.8

Rank #41 Confirmed

MiniMax M1 MiniMax

40.3

Rank #150 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher in 8 categories and MiniMax M1 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 36.4.
  • GLM-5.3-Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.55 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.

Side by side

GLM-5.3-FlashMiniMax M1
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)MiniMax
Noometry Index51.840.3
Released2026-08-202025-06-13
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M1M
Max output131K40K
Input $ / M tokens$0.15$0.55
Output $ / M tokens$0.50$2.20
Results tracked4018

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.1 (#31), MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Coding15081359
DeepSWE63.4%—
FrontierCode31.8%—
CursorBench36.8%—
LMArena WebDev1609—
FrontierSWE18.1%—
SciCode51.6%—
ALE-Bench303.55—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 34.2 (#47), MiniMax M1: —

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashMiniMax M1
APEX-Agents52.8%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 48.0 (#42), MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Hard Prompts14911339
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), MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Math15001361
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), MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Expert15131317
GPQA Diamond90.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 42.8 (#27), MiniMax M1: —

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Vision1296—

Multilingual GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 56.0 (#25), MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Non-English14621319
LMArena Chinese15271360
LMArena French14961370
LMArena German14701350
LMArena Japanese14291217
LMArena Korean14461266
LMArena Russian14691329
LMArena Spanish14711353

Instruction Following GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 77.5 (#20), MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Instruction Following14781312

Long Context GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 45.4 (#39), MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Longer Query14821326
Fiction.LiveBench—69.4%

Writing & Preference GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 65.3 (#50), MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)

BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashMiniMax M1
LMArena Text14711343
LMArena Creative Writing14421298
LMArena Multi-Turn14671335

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.3-Flash better than MiniMax M1?

GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.8 to 40.3 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, GLM-5.3-Flash or MiniMax M1?

GLM-5.3-Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 and $2.20.

Is GLM-5.3-Flash or MiniMax M1 better for coding?

GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.1 versus 39.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.3-Flash and MiniMax M1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.3-Flash has 40 scored results on Noometry and MiniMax M1 has 18.

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