# GLM-5 vs Grok 4.3

> GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.9 to 43.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/glm-5-vs-grok-4-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 27

## Summary

- They share 27 benchmarks with published results for both. GLM-5 scores higher in 6 categories and Grok 4.3 in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where GLM-5 leads 49.0 to 41.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 74.8% for GLM-5 and 55.2% for Grok 4.3.
- Both cost about the same: $1 input and $3.20 output per million tokens.
- Grok 4.3 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 205K.
- GLM-5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GLM-5 | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Z.ai (Zhipu) | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 45.9 | 43.6 |
| Rank | 59 | 80 |
| Context | 205K | 1M |
| Input $/M | $1 | $1.25 |
| Output $/M | $3.20 | $2.50 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- GLM-5: 49.0 (#47)
- Grok 4.3: 41.3 (#117)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1434 | 1357 |
| WeirdML | 48.2% | 49.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | 1415 |
| ALE-Bench | 765.62 | 944.17 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 72.1% | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 72.8% | — |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 69.7% | — |
| SciCode | — | 47.3% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GLM-5: 30.9 (#65)
- Grok 4.3: 27.6 (#93)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | 4,432 | 35.26 |
| Terminal-Bench | 52.4% | — |
| τ²-bench Airline | 82.5% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 9.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Retail | 73.7% | — |
| τ²-bench Telecom | 86.8% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 8% |
| LMArena Search | — | 1165 |

## Reasoning

- GLM-5: 27.6 (#100)
- Grok 4.3: 34.9 (#60)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 74.8% | 55.2% |
| Chess Puzzles | 10% | 25% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1451 | 1397 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.84 | 149.13 |
| ForecastBench | 61 | 60.3 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.9% | — |
| SimpleBench | 53.2% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 75% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 44.7% | — |
| CritPt | — | 8% |
| DTBench | — | 90.7% |
| LMCA | — | 38.3% |

## Math

- GLM-5: 44.8 (#66)
- Grok 4.3: 45.8 (#60)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 80% | 93.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1440 | 1388 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 42.8% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 14.6% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 65.7% | — |
| ProofBench | — | 11% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 16.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | — |

## Knowledge

- GLM-5: 52.2 (#59)
- Grok 4.3: 52.5 (#57)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.8% | 88.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1454 | 1385 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 33.2% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.1% | — |

## Multimodal

- GLM-5: —
- Grok 4.3: 31.6 (#96)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1231 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | — | 0% |

## Multilingual

- GLM-5: 53.9 (#57)
- Grok 4.3: 50.7 (#114)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1430 | 1385 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | 1423 |
| LMArena French | 1455 | 1412 |
| LMArena German | 1445 | 1395 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1416 | 1379 |
| LMArena Korean | 1421 | 1357 |
| LMArena Russian | 1436 | 1399 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1452 | 1402 |

## Instruction Following

- GLM-5: 75.4 (#64)
- Grok 4.3: 72.3 (#135)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1427 | 1366 |

## Long Context

- GLM-5: 44.6 (#58)
- Grok 4.3: 42.5 (#118)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1446 | 1393 |
| CL-bench | 18.7% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GLM-5: 66.2 (#38)
- Grok 4.3: 58.6 (#112)

| Benchmark | GLM-5 | Grok 4.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1446 | 1397 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1438 | 1380 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | 1406 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1601 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1075 |

## FAQ

### Is GLM-5 better than Grok 4.3?

GLM-5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.9 to 43.6 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, GLM-5 or Grok 4.3?

GLM-5 is cheaper. It lists at $1 per million input tokens and $3.20 per million output tokens; Grok 4.3 lists at $1.25 and $2.50.

### Is GLM-5 or Grok 4.3 better for coding?

GLM-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.0 versus 41.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Grok 4.3 does, with 1M tokens against 205K.

### How many benchmarks do GLM-5 and Grok 4.3 share?

27 benchmarks have published results for both models. GLM-5 has 45 scored results on Noometry and Grok 4.3 has 40.