# DBRX vs GLM-5.3

> GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-glm-5-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-5.3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-5.3 leads 58.3 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 90.9% for GLM-5.3.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Z.ai (Zhipu) |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 54.8 |
| Rank | 311 | 26 |
| Context | — | 1M |
| Input $/M | — | $1.40 |
| Output $/M | — | $4.40 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
- GLM-5.3: 59.5 (#14)

| Benchmark | DBRX | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1496 |
| DeepSWE | — | 69% |
| FrontierCode | — | 40.1% |
| CursorBench | — | 42.6% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1622 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 30.2% |
| SciCode | — | 59% |
| WeirdML | — | 75.4% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,317 |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DBRX: —
- GLM-5.3: 36.4 (#38)

| Benchmark | DBRX | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 56.6% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 8,164 |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
- GLM-5.3: 46.1 (#46)

| Benchmark | DBRX | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1489 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.2% |
| CritPt | — | 19.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 21% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 33% |
| DTBench | — | 87.7% |
| LMCA | — | 55.5% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.15 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 155.61 |

## Math

- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
- GLM-5.3: 62.3 (#33)

| Benchmark | DBRX | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1489 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 68.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 29.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| ProofBench | — | 49% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
- GLM-5.3: 58.3 (#37)

| Benchmark | DBRX | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 90.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1516 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 41% |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
- GLM-5.3: 55.7 (#28)

| Benchmark | DBRX | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1457 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1528 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | 1499 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1499 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1453 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1472 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1463 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1460 |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
- GLM-5.3: 77.5 (#23)

| Benchmark | DBRX | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1477 |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
- GLM-5.3: 45.4 (#41)

| Benchmark | DBRX | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1482 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
- GLM-5.3: 75.7 (#6)

| Benchmark | DBRX | GLM-5.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1471 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1457 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1472 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 2075 |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than GLM-5.3?

GLM-5.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or GLM-5.3 better for coding?

GLM-5.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.5 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and GLM-5.3 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and GLM-5.3 has 42.