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Coding · Oct 14, 2026
Who is SOTA in Coding?
GLM 5.3 & GLM 5.3 Flash
Software engineering skill. Terminal-Bench 4.0 and SWE-bench Pro V2 HARD are the primaries. SWE-bench Verified is shown and ignored for the crown. As of Oct 14, 2026, GLM 5.3 & GLM 5.3 Flash share Coding. GLM 5.3 is tied for SOTA in Coding with GLM 5.3 Flash, within the margin of error, since…
Standings · open-weights
The board
| # | Model | State | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZGLM 5.3 Zhipu AI | Co-SOTA | medium |
| 2 | ZGLM 5.3 Flash Zhipu AI | Co-SOTA | medium |
Evidence recipe
What can move this crown
- Terminal-Bench 4.0 — primary, weight 1
- SWE-bench Pro V2 HARD — primary, weight 1
- LMArena Text (style-controlled, coding) — primary, weight 0.6
- Terminal-Bench 2.0 — secondary, weight 0.35
- Aider Polyglot — secondary, weight 0.35
- SWE-bench Verified — display, weight 0 (display only, cannot crown)