# GLM-5.3 vs MiniMax M3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.3 and MiniMax M3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-3-vs-minimax-m3
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5.3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M3 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GLM-5.3 leads overall 65.44 to 54.78.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 67.4 for GLM-5.3 and 39.7 for MiniMax M3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Agentic, with scores of 88.2% and 66.0%.
- GLM-5.3 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.3 | MiniMax M3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | MiniMax |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 65.44 | 54.78 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 27 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.30 / $1.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: GLM-5.3
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 67.4 (Supported · #9/117)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 39.7 (Supported · #56/117)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.2% | 66.0% | 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% | 53.6% | GLM-5.3 |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 83.5% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 70.1% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 74.5% | Coming soon |
| BankerToolBench | Coming soon | 76.1% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 19.8% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 4.6% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GLM-5.3
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 56.8 (Supported · #24/142)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 38.7 (Supported · #65/142)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.2% | 66.0% | GLM-5.3 |
| terminalBench3 | 28.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 66.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 58% | 42.1% | GLM-5.3 |
| 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% | 48.4% | GLM-5.3 |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 30.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 80.5% | 82.2% | MiniMax M3 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 95.4% | 75.0% | GLM-5.3 |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |
| VIBE V2 | Coming soon | 50.1% | Coming soon |
| SVG-Bench | Coming soon | 63.7% | Coming soon |
| KernelBench Hard | Coming soon | 28.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 77.1 (#11/27)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 79.4 (#5/27)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 52 (#37/50)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 45.1% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 78.1% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.6% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 85.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: GLM-5.3
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 61.9 (Supported · #35/168)
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 48.3 (Supported · #67/168)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 88.1% | 92.7% | MiniMax M3 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.8% | 84.2% | GLM-5.3 |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 92.4 (#5/124)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | MiniMax M3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5.3 or MiniMax M3?

GLM-5.3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5.3 and MiniMax M3?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 67.4 for GLM-5.3 and 39.7 for MiniMax M3.

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

GLM-5.3 currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does MiniMax M3 cover on BenchLM?

MiniMax M3 currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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