GLM-5.3 (max) Tops Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
GLM-5.3 Artificial Analysis Benchmarks
Artificial Analysis has benchmarked GLM-5.3 (max), the latest model from Zhipu AI, using its Intelligence Index v4.1.1, which combines nine evaluations including GDPval-AA v2, Terminal-Bench v2.1, and Humanity's Last Exam. The model leads the index, with a strong balance of intelligence, cost-efficiency, and a large context window. The analysis also breaks down performance by task type, token usage, and pricing, offering a detailed look at how GLM-5.3 (max) compares to other open and proprietary models.
The Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR.
- scotttrinh
I like to compare models with a similar score on cost per task and output tokens per task since those measure two things I'm interested in: cost efficiency and token efficiency. Here's how GLM-5.3 compares to other models in a similar score and against GLM-5.2 to save a few clicks for others who care about these metrics:
Model Score Cost / Task Output Tokens / Task
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GLM-5.3 (max) 59.5 $0.68 41,107
GLM-5.2 (max) 53.0 $0.56 32,200
Claude Opus 5 (high) 61.5 $1.52 21,353
GPT-5.6 Sol (max) 60.9 $1.23 16,879
Grok 4.6 (high) 60.9 $0.84 21,735
Kimi K3 (max) 59.7 $0.84 25,474
GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh) 59.0 $0.87 11,098
Claude Opus 5 (medium) 58.6 $0.98 12,459
Qwen3.8 Max 58.1 $1.13 38,287
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B 57.7 $0.95 32,472
Claude Opus 4.8 (max) 57.3 $1.65 33,557
GPT-5.6 Sol (high) 57.3 $0.52 7,545
Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh) 56.8 $0.40 30,430
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- glub
I've tested GLM 5.3 on the release day and Artificial Analysis is spot on. It's a really good model.
But my main takeaway was something else. I've used closed weight models for long enough that I've forgotten how good it feels to see reasoning tokens.
With GPT/Claude, you kind of hope that intent was captured well, that agent had all the information, all the tools it needed, because you won't see "hmmm it seems like nix flake isn't available here and I shouldn't install something globally" until it slopped out millions of tokens and wasted hundreds of dollars for 8 hours. With GLM and the likes, you just stop the disease right where it begins.
- yipinwong
Still yet, I cannot justify switching from dirt-cheap Luna model, which is pretty damn "intelligent" and works well for my flow
- Escapade5160
Sol is an underappreciated model. Dropped Claude today and went to codex. None of that god awful prose Claude used for me any longer.
- BinRoo
Beware of the benchmarks listed. SciCode and EnterpriseOps for instance: https://shukla.io/blog/2026-08/gym.html