VERIFIEDOct 142026
Is GLM 5.3 state of the art?
Yes.Yes on Coding (best per dollar); Coding › Agentic (best per dollar). Not the overall leader.
As of Oct 14, 2026, GLM 5.3 from Zhipu AI. Yes on Coding (best per dollar); Coding › Agentic (best per dollar). Not the overall leader. Ranked #9 in Coding.
General LLMNot SOTA · #23#23 · 0dGeneral LLM · paretoNot SOTA · #24#24 · 0dReasoningNot SOTA · #21#21 · 0dReasoning · paretoNot SOTA · #22#22 · 0dMathNot SOTA · #19#19 · 0dScienceNot SOTA · #31#31 · 0dCodingNot SOTA · #9#9 · 0dCoding · open-weightsCo-SOTA#1 · 8dCoding · paretoPareto#9 · 0dCoding › AgenticNot SOTA · #9#9 · 0d
Why
The ruling, in plain English
Ranked #23 in General LLM.
Receipts
Evidence
| Source | Score | Date | Type | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall) glm-5.3-max · max | 1478.3952277118137 1473.0–1483.8 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_368d64825bf4 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts) glm-5.3-max · max | 1503.8832181281086 1497.6–1510.2 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_368d64825bf4 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, math) glm-5.3-max · max | 1492.362225597467 1472.7–1512.0 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_368d64825bf4 |
| GPQA Diamond glm-5.3_max · max | 0.9090909090909091 0.9–0.9 | 2026-08-14 | INDEP. | snap_fee7890b5dd0 |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 GLM-5.3 max · max | 41.82 38.6–45.0 | 2026-10-06 | INDEP. | snap_13678220dcf7 |
| LMArena WebDev glm-5.3-max · max | 1622.2236327051407 1614.3–1630.2 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_6949d6fb2488 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query) glm-5.3-max · max | 1485.2180773369269 1478.0–1492.5 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_368d64825bf4 |
| LMArena Text factuality glm-5.3-max · max | 1465.7414706902618 1461.2–1470.3 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_f051faf18005 |
Reign history
Where it sits in the succession
No closed or open crown interval includes this model.
Honest about the gaps
Where it is not the crown
| Category | This model | Why |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | Not SOTA · #23 | Ranked #23 in General LLM. |
| Reasoning | Not SOTA · #21 | Ranked #21 in Reasoning. |
| Math | Not SOTA · #19 | Ranked #19 in Math. |
| Science | Not SOTA · #31 | Last listed at #31 in Science on 2026-08-14. That board does not award a crown. |
| Coding | Not SOTA · #9 | Ranked #9 in Coding. |
| Coding › Agentic | Not SOTA · #9 | Ranked #9 in Coding › Agentic. |
| Coding › Web dev | Not SOTA · #17 | Ranked #17 in Coding › Web dev. |
| Long context | Not SOTA · #25 | Ranked #25 in Long context. |