# GLM-5.3 vs LFM2.5-24B-A2B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.3 and LFM2.5-24B-A2B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-3-vs-lfm2-5-24b-a2b
- Last updated: October 13, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: GLM-5.3 and LFM2.5-24B-A2B 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.
- GLM-5.3 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.3 | LFM2.5-24B-A2B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | LiquidAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 131K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 67.25 | 37.8 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 28 | 13 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.10 / $1.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 67.5 (Supported · #11/124)
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: 30.2 (Estimated · #88/124)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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% | 27.7% | GLM-5.3 |
| 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 |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 65.0% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 8.0% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 83.2% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 26.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 56.6 (Supported · #27/149)
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: 28.5 (Estimated · #98/149)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| 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 |
| Bug Hunt Bench | 19.0 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 32.7% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 51% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 80.6 (#13/29)
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 62.3 (Supported · #42/181)
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: 40.8 (Estimated · #112/181)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 88.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 74.4% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 74.4% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 7.4% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: 75.6 (#61/128)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 31.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 96.8% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 74.7% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 71.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- LFM2.5-24B-A2B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | LFM2.5-24B-A2B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 68.772% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 29.268% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 96.0% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between GLM-5.3 and LFM2.5-24B-A2B?

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.

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