# Command A vs GLM-5.3

> GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-a-vs-glm-5-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 20

## Summary

- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.3 in 9 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where GLM-5.3 leads 59.0 to 26.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 10.3% for Command A and 55.5% for GLM-5.3.
- GLM-5.3 is cheaper at $1.40 / $4.40 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- GLM-5.3 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 256K.

## Snapshot

| | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 54.6 |
| Rank | 212 | 25 |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | $1.40 |
| Output $/M | $10 | $4.40 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command A: 26.8 (#317)
- GLM-5.3: 59.0 (#12)

| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1331 | 1499 |
| DeepSWE | — | 69% |
| FrontierCode | — | 40.1% |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1623 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 30.2% |
| SciCode | — | 59% |
| WeirdML | — | 75.4% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,317 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command A: 35.7 (#36)
- GLM-5.3: 36.3 (#34)

| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 56.6% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 8,164 |

## Reasoning

- Command A: 17.7 (#276)
- GLM-5.3: 45.2 (#42)

| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1491 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 87.7% |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 55.5% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.2% |
| CritPt | — | 19.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 33% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.15 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 155.56 |

## Math

- Command A: 33.5 (#172)
- GLM-5.3: 62.1 (#27)

| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1493 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 68.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 29.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 49% |

## Knowledge

- Command A: 36.5 (#157)
- GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#34)

| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1512 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 90.9% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 41% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Command A: 45.5 (#166)
- GLM-5.3: 55.9 (#27)

| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1457 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1523 |
| LMArena French | 1352 | 1499 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1505 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1283 | 1438 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1478 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1460 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | 1444 |

## Instruction Following

- Command A: 69.3 (#172)
- GLM-5.3: 77.8 (#15)

| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1481 |

## Long Context

- Command A: 40.6 (#147)
- GLM-5.3: 45.5 (#32)

| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1485 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command A: 47.8 (#204)
- GLM-5.3: 75.9 (#6)

| Benchmark | Command A | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1473 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1459 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | 2075 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1473 |

## FAQ

### Is Command A better than GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Command A or GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 is cheaper. It lists at $1.40 per million input tokens and $4.40 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.

### Is Command A or GLM-5.3 better for coding?

GLM-5.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.0 versus 26.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

GLM-5.3 does, with 1M tokens against 256K.

### How many benchmarks do Command A and GLM-5.3 share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3 has 41.