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DeepSeek V3.1vsGLM-5.3

GLM-5.3 leads 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. GLM-5.3 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

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Shared benchmarks
0 – 3
GLM-5.3 leads
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
Larger context
GLM-5.3
1M tokens
Providers
2 providers
DeepSeek · Z.ai
DeepSeek V3.1
DeepSeek · released 2025-08-21
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Context
128K
Max out
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Input /1M
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Output /1M
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Cached /1M
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Scores
18 · 9 core
GLM-5.3
Z.ai · released 2026-08-18
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Context
1M
Max out
131K
Input /1M
$1.4 ↗
Output /1M
$4.4 ↗
Cached /1M
$0.26
Scores
57 · 9 core
Quality

Benchmark matrix

BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.1GLM-5.3ΔEdge
Reported by both · 3
LMArena Elo1417.1 ↗1478.5 ↗-61.4GLM-5.3
SimpleBench (SimpleBench)40% ↗66.2% ↗-26.2 ptGLM-5.3
WeirdML (Håvard Tveit Ihle)38.4% ↗75.4% ↗-37 ptGLM-5.3
Only DeepSeek V3.1 reports · 15
Aider-Polyglot (thinking)76.3% ↗not reported——
AIME 2024 (thinking)93.1% ↗not reported——
AIME 2025 (thinking)88.4% ↗not reported——
BrowseComp30% ↗not reported——
GPQA-Diamond (thinking)80.1% ↗not reported——
HMMT 2025 (thinking)84.2% ↗not reported——
Humanity's Last Exam (Python + Search)29.8% ↗not reported——
Humanity's Last Exam (thinking, text-only)15.9% ↗not reported——
LiveCodeBench (2408-2505) (thinking)74.8% ↗not reported——
MMLU-Pro (thinking)84.8% ↗not reported——
MMLU-Redux (thinking)93.7% ↗not reported——
SimpleQA (search agent)93.4% ↗not reported——
SWE Verified (Agent mode)66% ↗not reported——
SWE-bench Multilingual (Agent mode)54.5% ↗not reported——
Terminal-bench (Terminus 1 framework)31.3% ↗not reported——
Only GLM-5.3 reports · 40
GPQA Diamondnot reported90.9% ↗epoch run——
Agents' Last Examnot reported28.5% ↗——
Agents' Last Exam (ALE-CLI)not reported28.5% ↗——
APEX-Agents (Mercor)not reported56.6% ↗——
AutomationBench v1.0.6not reported48.2% ↗——
Chess Puzzles (Epoch AI run)not reported21% ↗epoch run——
CyberGymnot reported84.5% ↗——
DeepSWE v1.1not reported66.9% ↗——
DeepSWE v1.1 (Datacurve)not reported69% ↗——
ExploitBenchnot reported54.4% ↗——
ExploitGym 2hnot reported105 ↗——
ExploitGym 6hnot reported130 ↗——
FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run)not reported29.3% ↗epoch run——
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run)not reported68.8% ↗epoch run——
FrontierSWEnot reported78.1% ↗——
FrontierSWE V2 (Proximal Labs)not reported30.2% ↗——
GDPval-AA v2not reported1769 ↗——
HLE (with tools)not reported62.5% ↗——
LiveBench Agentic Coding (LiveBench)not reported60.9% ↗——
LiveBench Coding (LiveBench)not reported79% ↗——
LiveBench Data Analysis (LiveBench)not reported70.2% ↗——
LiveBench Instruction Following (LiveBench)not reported69.3% ↗——
LiveBench Language (LiveBench)not reported79.9% ↗——
LiveBench Mathematics (LiveBench)not reported87.9% ↗——
LiveBench Reasoning (LiveBench)not reported85.8% ↗——
LMArena Agent (LMArena)not reported0.0236 ↗——
LMArena WebDev (LMArena)not reported1623 ↗——
Mystery Game Puzzles (Epoch AI run)not reported33% ↗epoch run——
NL2Reponot reported58% ↗——
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run)not reported91.1% ↗epoch run——
PostTrainBenchnot reported39.8% ↗——
ProgramBench (Almost Solved)not reported19% ↗——
SimpleQA Verifiednot reported41% ↗epoch run——
SWE-Marathon v1.1not reported42.5% ↗——
Terminal-Bench 2.1not reported88.2% ↗——
Terminal-Bench 3.0not reported28.3% ↗——
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (Vals AI)not reported38.9% ↗——
Toolathlon Verifiednot reported73% ↗——
Vending-Bench 2 (Andon Labs)not reported8163.61 ↗——
Z.ai Code Bench (max effort)not reported34.5% ↗——
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is DeepSeek V3.1 minus GLM-5.3 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing

Side by side

SpecDeepSeek V3.1GLM-5.3Edge
Context window128K tokens1M tokensGLM-5.3
Max output—131K tokens—
Input price / 1M—$1.4 ↗—
Output price / 1M—$4.4 ↗—
Cached input / 1M—$0.26 ↗—
Input + output / 1M
Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded.
—$5.8—
ModalitiestexttextTie
Released2025-08-212026-08-18—
Cited benchmark scores1857—
Reliability

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