Model comparison

GLM-5.3 vs o1-mini

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

GLM-5.3 Z.ai (Zhipu)

54.8

Rank #26 Confirmed

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5.3 scores higher in 9 categories and o1-mini in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GLM-5.3 leads 46.1 to 8.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 91.1% for GLM-5.3 and 46.9% for o1-mini.
  • GLM-5.3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GLM-5.3 and o1-mini specifications
GLM-5.3o1-mini
ProviderZ.ai (Zhipu)OpenAI
Noometry Index54.834.0
Released2026-08-142024-09-12
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.40—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked4239

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Category by category

Coding GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3o1-mini
WeirdML75.4%36.3%
LMArena Coding14961362
DeepSWE69%—
FrontierCode40.1%—
Aider Polyglot—32.9%
CursorBench42.6%—
LMArena WebDev1622—
FrontierSWE30.2%—
SciCode59%—
LiveBench Coding—48%
ALE-Bench1,317—
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—78.8%

Agentic & Tool Use GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38), o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3o1-mini
APEX-Agents56.6%—
Cybench—10%
Vending-Bench 28,164—

Reasoning GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3o1-mini
LMArena Hard Prompts14891333
Epoch Capabilities Index155.61135.82
ARC-AGI-2—0.8%
SimpleBench—18.1%
NYT Connections (extended)74.2%—
ARC-AGI-1—14%
CritPt19.1%—
Chess Puzzles21%—
LiveBench Reasoning—72.3%
Mystery Game Puzzles33%—
DTBench87.7%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—57.9%
LMCA55.5%—
Bench to the Future 30.15—
LiveBench—57.8%

Math GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3o1-mini
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202591.1%46.9%
LMArena Math14891358
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
ProofBench49%—
LiveBench Math—62%
MATH Level 5—89.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—1.7%

Knowledge GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3o1-mini
GPQA Diamond90.9%62.4%
LMArena Expert15161316
SimpleQA Verified41%—
Confabulations—18.6%

Multilingual GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3o1-mini
LMArena Non-English14571289
LMArena Chinese15281314
LMArena French14991293
LMArena German14991278
LMArena Japanese14531245
LMArena Korean14721223
LMArena Russian14631283
LMArena Spanish14601303

Instruction Following GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3o1-mini
LMArena Instruction Following14771304
LiveBench Instruction Following—65.4%

Long Context GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3o1-mini
LMArena Longer Query14821320

Writing & Preference GLM-5.3 leads

GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGLM-5.3o1-mini
LMArena Text14711317
LMArena Creative Writing14571244
LMArena Multi-Turn14721314
Short-Story Creative Writing—64.9%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2075—
LiveBench Language—40.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GLM-5.3 better than o1-mini?

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is GLM-5.3 or o1-mini better for coding?

GLM-5.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.5 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GLM-5.3 and o1-mini share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5.3 has 42 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.

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