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GLM-5-Turbo vs o3

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 13 shared benchmark results across 6 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

66.84/100
Margin
19.0pts
← winning
OpenAI
47.84/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: GLM-5-Turbo #21 (Supported); o3 #129 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. GLM-5-Turbo and o3 share 13 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 1 result is unique to GLM-5-Turbo; 4 to o3.

Updated July 17, 2026
Shared results
13
GLM-5-Turbo only
1
o3 only
4
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for GLM-5-Turbo and o3 is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 13 shared benchmark results across 6 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

o3 is priced at $2.00 input / $8.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $1.20 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens for GLM-5-Turbo.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for GLM-5-Turbo and o3
CategoryGLM-5-TurboΔo3
MathGLM-5-TurboNot measuredMarginNo overlapo314.5

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGLM-5-Turboo3Comparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGLM-5-Turbo$1.2 input / $4 outputo3$2 input / $8 outputGLM-5-Turbo has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGLM-5-TurboNot availableo3118 tok/sA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGLM-5-TurboNot availableo35.38 sA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGLM-5-Turbo200Ko3200KListed context windows are equal.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGLM-5-Turboo3Result
Claw-EvalSource 55.8%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 98.5%80.7%GLM-5-Turbo leads
Coding
BenchmarkGLM-5-Turboo3Result
Terminal-Bench HardSource 33.3%37.1%o3 leads
AA-SciCodeSource 43.6%41.0%GLM-5-Turbo leads
Reasoning
BenchmarkGLM-5-Turboo3Result
AA-LCRSource 60.7%69.3%o3 leads
CritPtSource 0.3%1.1%o3 leads
Knowledge
BenchmarkGLM-5-Turboo3Result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 38.1%30.4%GLM-5-Turbo leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 84.7%82.7%GLM-5-Turbo leads
AA-HLESource 25.4%20.0%GLM-5-Turbo leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -15.1%-15.3%GLM-5-Turbo leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 29.0%38.4%o3 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 62.2%87.1%GLM-5-Turbo leads
Math
BenchmarkGLM-5-Turboo3Result
AA MATH-500Source 99.2%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)Source 18.685%Not comparable
FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)Source 2.083%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGLM-5-Turboo3Result
Design Arena WebsiteSource 13061071GLM-5-Turbo leads
AA-MMMU-ProSource 70.1%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGLM-5-Turboo3Result
AA-IFBenchSource 73.2%71.4%GLM-5-Turbo leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare GLM-5-Turbo and o3 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for GLM-5-Turbo and o3 today?

GLM-5-Turbo: $1.20 input / $4.00 output per 1M tokens o3: $2.00 input / $8.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

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Last updated: July 17, 2026

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