# GLM-5.3 vs Granite 4.2 30B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.3 and Granite 4.2 30B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-3-vs-granite-4-2-30b
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GLM-5.3 and Granite 4.2 30B share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are 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 | GLM-5.3 | Granite 4.2 30B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | IBM |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 68.37 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 68.4 (Supported · #8/152)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.2% | 29.2% | GLM-5.3 |
| terminalBench3 | 28.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 84.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 15.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 73.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 48.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | 28.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 62.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 71.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 62.0% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 61.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 61.5 (Supported · #18/151)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.2% | 29.2% | GLM-5.3 |
| terminalBench3 | 28.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 66.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 58% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | 19.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | 78.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | 42.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrain Bench | 39.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 78.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 60.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 30.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 95.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 41.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 33.3% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 57% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 38.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 75.8 (#10/20)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: 54.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 61.7 (Supported · #29/183)
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 88.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 66.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 77.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 77.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Granite 4.2 30B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Granite 4.2 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GLM-5.3 and Granite 4.2 30B?

Not yet. The models share only 2 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.

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