DeepSeek V3 vs GLM-5

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

GLM-5 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 54 to 25. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GLM-5's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 82.9 against 24.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 24.9% to 84%. DeepSeek V3 does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GLM-5 gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for DeepSeek V3.

Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3 only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority.

Agentic

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Terminal-Bench 2.0
56.2%

Coding

GLM-5

DeepSeek V3

42

GLM-5

78.9

42%
SWE-bench Verified
77.8%
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HumanEval
80%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Benchmark data for this category is coming soon.

Reasoning

GLM-5

DeepSeek V3

24.9

GLM-5

82.9

24.9%
SimpleQA
84%
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MuSR
82%

Knowledge

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

69.6

GLM-5

60.2

59.1%
GPQA
86%
88.5%
MMLU
88%
75.9%
MMLU-Pro
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SuperGPQA
84%
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OpenBookQA
82%
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HLE
30.5%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

90.2

GLM-5

87

39.2%
AIME 2024
90%
90.2%
MATH-500
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AIME 2023
88%
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AIME 2025
89%
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HMMT Feb 2023
84%
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HMMT Feb 2024
86%
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HMMT Feb 2025
85%
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BRUMO 2025
87%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek V3 or GLM-5?

GLM-5 is ahead overall, 54 to 25. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 24.9% and 84%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek V3 or GLM-5?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.6 versus 60.2. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V3 or GLM-5?

GLM-5 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 78.9 versus 42. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek V3 or GLM-5?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 90.2 versus 87. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek V3 or GLM-5?

GLM-5 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 82.9 versus 24.9. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 17, 2026

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