# dots3-note Preview vs GLM-5.3-Flash

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for dots3-note Preview and GLM-5.3-Flash across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/dots3-note-preview-vs-glm-5-3-flash
- Last updated: October 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 7
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

dots3-note Preview leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- dots3-note Preview has the higher overall point estimate 64.05 to 57.36. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 76.6 for dots3-note Preview and 81.1 for GLM-5.3-Flash.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Toolathlon-Verified in Agentic, with scores of 55.6% and 78.4%.
- GLM-5.3-Flash also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | dots3-note Preview | GLM-5.3-Flash |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Dots Studio | Z.AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 512K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 64.05 | 57.36 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 21 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 58.1 (Estimated · #28/123)
- GLM-5.3-Flash public-lane score: 55.7 (Supported · #34/123)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GLM-5.3-Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Claw-Eval | 73.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | 84.3% | GLM-5.3-Flash |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 55.6% | 78.4% | GLM-5.3-Flash |
| skillsBench | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 52.6% | 55.3% | GLM-5.3-Flash |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 48.8% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 26.3% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5.3-Flash public-lane score: 49.3 (Supported · #42/146)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GLM-5.3-Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Codeforces | 3056.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 91.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | 84.3% | GLM-5.3-Flash |
| SWE-bench Verified | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 75.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 61% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 49.8% | 56.3% | GLM-5.3-Flash |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 63.4% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 92.0% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 57.3% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 18.1% | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | Coming soon | 17.7 fixes | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 76.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- GLM-5.3-Flash public-lane score: 81.1 (#11/28)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GLM-5.3-Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 81.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 79.6 (Unranked · 10 rankable rows)
- GLM-5.3-Flash public-lane score: 84 (#14/54)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GLM-5.3-Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SimpleVQA | 72.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 79.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | 19.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GDP.pdf (no tools) | 60.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | 50.0% | 53.4% | GLM-5.3-Flash |
| MMVU | 79.9% | 80.5% | GLM-5.3-Flash |
| VideoMMMU | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 62.4% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 89.4% | Coming soon |
| Chartography (tools) | Coming soon | 78.0% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5.3-Flash public-lane score: 60.5 (Supported · #43/177)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GLM-5.3-Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 89.1 (#31/127)
- GLM-5.3-Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GLM-5.3-Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 93.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- GLM-5.3-Flash public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GLM-5.3-Flash | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IMOAnswerBench | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, dots3-note Preview or GLM-5.3-Flash?

dots3-note Preview has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between dots3-note Preview and GLM-5.3-Flash?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 76.6 for dots3-note Preview and 81.1 for GLM-5.3-Flash.

### How many benchmarks does dots3-note Preview cover on BenchLM?

dots3-note Preview currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GLM-5.3-Flash cover on BenchLM?

GLM-5.3-Flash currently has 21 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [dots3-note Preview vs GLM-5.3](/compare/dots3-note-preview-vs-glm-5-3)
- [GLM-5.3-Flash vs GLM-5.3](/compare/glm-5-3-vs-glm-5-3-flash)
- [dots3-note Preview vs GLM-5.2](/compare/dots3-note-preview-vs-glm-5-2)
- [GLM-5.3-Flash vs GLM-5.2](/compare/glm-5-2-vs-glm-5-3-flash)

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