Model comparison
GLM-5V-Turbo vs Step 3
GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 40.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
StepFunSummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher in 9 categories and Step 3 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GLM-5V-Turbo leads 62.5 to 54.3.
- Step 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GLM-5V-Turbo | Step 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 40.5 |
| Released | 2026-04-01 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 200K | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.20 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4 | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 42.1 (#111), Step 3: 40.1 (#147)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1466 | 1367 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1401 | — |
Reasoning GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 29.7 (#89), Step 3: 28.4 (#105)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1443 | 1355 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 62.3% |
Math GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 39.4 (#106), Step 3: 37.6 (#148)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1441 | 1366 |
Knowledge GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.6 (#117), Step 3: 36.8 (#164)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1452 | 1333 |
Multimodal GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 40.9 (#42), Step 3: 35.5 (#86)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1264 | 1177 |
| LMArena Document | 1416 | — |
Multilingual GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 53.0 (#73), Step 3: 46.3 (#159)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1420 | 1327 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1488 | 1397 |
| LMArena German | 1423 | 1371 |
| LMArena Korean | 1396 | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | 1431 | 1331 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1450 | 1371 |
| LMArena French | 1444 | — |
Instruction Following GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 75.0 (#80), Step 3: 70.4 (#164)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1423 | 1332 |
Long Context GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 44.0 (#80), Step 3: 40.3 (#157)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1438 | 1326 |
Writing & Preference GLM-5V-Turbo leads
GLM-5V-Turbo: 62.5 (#73), Step 3: 54.3 (#151)
| Benchmark | GLM-5V-Turbo | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | 1350 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1416 | 1321 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1432 | 1341 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GLM-5V-Turbo better than Step 3?
GLM-5V-Turbo is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 40.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is GLM-5V-Turbo or Step 3 better for coding?
GLM-5V-Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.1 versus 40.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GLM-5V-Turbo and Step 3 share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5V-Turbo has 19 scored results on Noometry and Step 3 has 17.