Model Release Radar
Price/capability frontier position, benchmark scores, and community signal
Model Release Radar
GLM-5.3
zai·open weights·MIT·released Tuesday, Aug 18, 2026
Frontier position
- Behind frontier DeepSWE pass@1 (agentic coding) - GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-5.6 Sol are priced the same or lower and at least as capable.
Cost vs. capability
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Benchmark scores
Measured cost per task (DeepSWE)
| Benchmark | Pass@1 | Measured cost / task | Frontier |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE (agentic coding) (max effort, 95% CI 65.9%-72.0%, 4 runs) | 69.0% | $3.99 (median $3.13) | behind |
Artificial Analysis scores (no matched cost)
Artificial Analysis scores below have no measured per-task cost, so no frontier claim is made for them here.
| Benchmark | Score |
|---|---|
| AA intelligence index | 59.5 |
| AA coding index | 74.8 |
| GPQA Diamond (science) | 91.7% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 42.3% |
| LCR | 76.3% |
| SciCode (coding) | 56.5% |
| Tau2 (banking) | 50.3% |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (agentic) | 83.9% |
Community signal
| Variant | Coding Elo | Overall Elo | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 1,505 | 1,475 | 5,820 |