# GLM-5.3 vs Muse Spark

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

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5.3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Muse Spark 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 60.78.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 77.1 for GLM-5.3 and 53.4 for Muse Spark.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is CyberGym in Agentic, with scores of 84.5% and 43.5%.
- GLM-5.3 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.3 | Muse Spark |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Meta |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 65.44 | 60.78 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 27 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 67.4 (Supported · #9/117)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 49.6 (Estimated · #39/117)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| terminalBench3 | 28.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 84.5% | 43.5% | GLM-5.3 |
| 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 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 91.5% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 74.8% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 63.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GLM-5.3
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 56.8 (Supported · #24/142)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 53.1 (Supported · #34/142)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Muse Spark | 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% | 74.4% | GLM-5.3 |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 77.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 52.4% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 19.67% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 77.1 (#11/27)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 53.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 42.5% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 78.5 (#14/50)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 86.4% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 71.3% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 84.1% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 33.0% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 78.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: GLM-5.3
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 61.9 (Supported · #35/168)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 60.8 (Supported · #37/168)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 88.1% | 89.6% | Muse Spark |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.8% | 87.3% | Muse Spark |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 50.4% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 42.8% | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | Coming soon | 42.8% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | Coming soon | 52.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 91.9 (#8/124)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 55.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 39.000% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 14.600% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5.3 or Muse Spark?

GLM-5.3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5.3 and Muse Spark?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 77.1 for GLM-5.3 and 53.4 for Muse Spark.

### 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 Muse Spark cover on BenchLM?

Muse Spark currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [GLM-5.3 vs GLM-5.3-Flash](/compare/glm-5-3-vs-glm-5-3-flash)
- [Muse Spark vs GLM-5.3-Flash](/compare/glm-5-3-flash-vs-muse-spark)

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