# Claude Opus 4.6 vs GLM-5.3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Opus 4.6 and GLM-5.3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-opus-4-6-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: Claude Opus 4.6 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 lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Opus 4.6 | GLM-5.3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Z.AI |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 63.61 | 65.44 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 34 | 24 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $5.00 / $25.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 44.4 (Supported · #44/117)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 67.4 (Supported · #9/117)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 65.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 70.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 73.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 66.6% | 84.5% | GLM-5.3 |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 19.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 36.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 88.2% | Coming soon |
| terminalBench3 | Coming soon | 28.3% | 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 |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 62.5% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 71.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 49.5 (Supported · #41/142)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 56.8 (Supported · #24/142)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified* | 75.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 70.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 65.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 84.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 57.57% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 26.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 68.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 77.1 (#11/27)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 60.6 (#30/50)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 51.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 64.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 58.7 (Estimated · #42/168)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 61.9 (Supported · #35/168)

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 91.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 53% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 40% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | 14.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 52.1% | 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
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 51 (#79/124)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Opus 4.6 public-lane score: 58.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | GLM-5.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME25 (Arcee) | 99.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 40.700% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 22.900% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Opus 4.6 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.

## Related Comparisons

- [Claude Opus 4.6 vs Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)](/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-claude-opus-4-6-thinking)
- [GLM-5.3 vs Claude Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)](/compare/claude-opus-4-6-thinking-vs-glm-5-3)
- [Claude Opus 4.6 vs GLM-5.2](/compare/claude-opus-4-6-vs-glm-5-2)
- [GLM-5.3 vs GLM-5.2](/compare/glm-5-2-vs-glm-5-3)

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