# GLM 5.3 vs Grok 4.5

As of Oct 14, 2026, GLM 5.3 leads Grok 4.5 in 6 of 8 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Coding, Coding › Agentic, Coding › Web dev, and Long context.

GLM 5.3: $1.2592499999999998 per 1M blended tokens.

Grok 4.5: $3 per 1M blended tokens.

GLM 5.3: open weights.

Grok 4.5: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, GLM 5.3 leads Grok 4.5 in General LLM at #23 against #36.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, GLM 5.3 leads Grok 4.5 in Reasoning at #19 against #37.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 14, 2026, Grok 4.5 leads GLM 5.3 in Science at #14 against #28.
- Which to pick, Coding: As of Oct 14, 2026, GLM 5.3 leads Grok 4.5 in Coding at #7 against #19.
- Which to pick, Coding › Agentic: As of Oct 14, 2026, GLM 5.3 leads Grok 4.5 in Coding › Agentic at #7 against #19.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 14, 2026, GLM 5.3 leads Grok 4.5 in Coding › Web dev at #18 against #34.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, GLM 5.3 leads Grok 4.5 in Long context at #27 against #35.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Grok 4.5 leads GLM 5.3 in Factuality at #26 against #27.

As of Oct 14, 2026, GLM 5.3 is tied for state of the art in General LLM (since Oct 13, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 14, 2026, Grok 4.5 is ranked #14 in Science (since Oct 14, 2026; sources GPQA Diamond; methodology v1.0).