Model comparison

GLM-5.3-Flash vs Qwen1.5-7B

GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.6 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai (Zhipu)

49.6

Rank #45 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #270 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5.3-Flash leads 65.4 to 29.8.

Side by side

GLM-5.3-Flash and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
GLM-5.3-FlashQwen1.5-7B
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index49.630.8
Released2026-08-202024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.50—
Results tracked3613

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.7 (#26), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding15061107
DeepSWE63.4%—
FrontierCode31.8%—
LMArena WebDev1614—
SciCode51.6%—
ALE-Bench303.55—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 34.3 (#41), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashQwen1.5-7B
APEX-Agents52.8%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 31.7 (#69), Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts14901066
CritPt15.4%—
Chess Puzzles14%—
Mystery Game Puzzles8%—
Surface Evolver Bench52.5%—
Bench to the Future 30.15—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.9—

Math GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 53.1 (#38), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math14991080
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 (#33), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert15121055
GPQA Diamond90.2%—
MMLU—62.6%

Multimodal Not comparable

GLM-5.3-Flash: 42.6 (#25), Qwen1.5-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Vision1304—

Multilingual GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 56.2 (#24), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English14621058
LMArena Chinese15291140
LMArena Russian14721006
LMArena French1495—
LMArena German1457—
LMArena Japanese1420—
LMArena Korean1443—
LMArena Spanish1471—

Instruction Following GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 77.8 (#17), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following14801058

Long Context GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 45.3 (#41), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query14791090

Writing & Preference GLM-5.3-Flash leads

GLM-5.3-Flash: 65.4 (#49), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3-FlashQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text14711084
LMArena Creative Writing14401035
LMArena Multi-Turn14711061

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.3-Flash better than Qwen1.5-7B?

GLM-5.3-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.6 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5.3-Flash or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

GLM-5.3-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.7 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.3-Flash and Qwen1.5-7B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.3-Flash has 36 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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