# GLM-5.3-Flash vs SWE-2

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.3-Flash and SWE-2 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-3-flash-vs-swe-2
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GLM-5.3-Flash and SWE-2 share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- SWE-2 has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.3-Flash | SWE-2 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Cognition |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 65.99 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 19 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3-Flash public-lane score: 60.1 (Supported · #21/152)
- SWE-2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | SWE-2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 84.3% | 92.8% | SWE-2 |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 26.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 55.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 62.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 27.30% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3-Flash public-lane score: 58.1 (Supported · #28/151)
- SWE-2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | SWE-2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 84.3% | 92.8% | SWE-2 |
| DeepSWE | 63.4% | 73.0% | SWE-2 |
| NL2Repo | 56.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 92.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 57.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | Coming soon | 50.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3-Flash public-lane score: 80.5 (#10/48)
- SWE-2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | SWE-2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 62.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 89.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chartography (tools) | 78.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMVU | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3-Flash public-lane score: 66 (Supported · #22/183)
- SWE-2 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3-Flash | SWE-2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 86.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GLM-5.3-Flash and SWE-2?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, 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

- [GLM-5.3-Flash vs GLM-5.3](/compare/glm-5-3-vs-glm-5-3-flash)
- [SWE-2 vs GLM-5.3](/compare/glm-5-3-vs-swe-2)
- [GLM-5.3-Flash vs GLM-5.2](/compare/glm-5-2-vs-glm-5-3-flash)
- [SWE-2 vs GLM-5.2](/compare/glm-5-2-vs-swe-2)

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- [GLM-5.3-Flash profile](/models/glm-5-3-flash)
- [SWE-2 profile](/models/swe-2)
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