# Agents-A1 vs GLM-5.3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Agents-A1 and GLM-5.3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/agents-a1-vs-glm-5-3
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Agents-A1 and GLM-5.3 share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- GLM-5.3 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Agents-A1 | GLM-5.3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | InternScience | Z.AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 52.33 | 65.44 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: 43.9 (Estimated · #45/117)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 67.4 (Supported · #9/117)

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BrowseComp | 75.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 47.6% | 62.5% | GLM-5.3 |
| VITA-Bench | 38.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 88.2% | Coming soon |
| terminalBench3 | Coming soon | 28.3% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | Coming soon | 15.0% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 48.2% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 28.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 71.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 56.8 (Supported · #24/142)

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 88.2% | Coming soon |
| terminalBench3 | Coming soon | 28.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 66.9% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 58% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 19.0% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | Coming soon | 78.1% | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | Coming soon | 42.5% | Coming soon |
| PostTrain Bench | Coming soon | 39.8% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 30.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 95.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: 35.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 77.1 (#11/27)

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 60.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 61.9 (Supported · #35/168)

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 47.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Agents-A1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Agents-A1 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 94.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Agents-A1 and GLM-5.3?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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