# DeepSeek V3 vs GLM-5

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V3 and GLM-5 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v3-vs-glm-5
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GLM-5 leads overall 54.26 to 31.86.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 38.2 for DeepSeek V3 and 87.2 for GLM-5.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench Verified in Coding, with scores of 42% and 77.8%.
- DeepSeek V3 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GLM-5 also has the larger context window at 200K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-5 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Z.AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 200K |
| Overall Score | 31.86 | 54.26 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 36 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.27 / $1.10 | $1.00 / $3.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 12.1 (Estimated · #113/117)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 37.6 (Estimated · #58/117)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 57.7% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 54.1% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 65.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 14.6% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 38% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 31.1% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 69.8% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 43.2% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 50.99% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 18.6 (Estimated · #131/143)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 39.2 (Estimated · #64/143)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 42% | 77.8% | GLM-5 |
| SWE-bench Verified* | Coming soon | 72.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 73.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | Coming soon | 74.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 42.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 53.3 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 63.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 30.2 (Estimated · #140/169)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 47.1 (Estimated · #73/169)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 59.1% | 86% | GLM-5 |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.9% | 85.7% | GLM-5 |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 66.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Arcee) | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 50.4% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 48.7 (#6/12)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 83.1% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 55.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 38.2 (#103/124)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 87.2 (#32/124)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 86.1% | 92.6% | GLM-5 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 26 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- GLM-5 public-lane score: 56.5 (#7/7)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | GLM-5 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 1.724% | 16.434% | GLM-5 |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 95.8% | Coming soon |
| AIME25 (Arcee) | Coming soon | 93.3% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 97.5% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 86.4% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 82.5% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 2.100% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek V3 or GLM-5?

GLM-5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between DeepSeek V3 and GLM-5?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 38.2 for DeepSeek V3 and 87.2 for GLM-5.

### How many benchmarks does DeepSeek V3 cover on BenchLM?

DeepSeek V3 currently has 6 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-5 cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5 currently has 36 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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