# GLM-5.3 vs Qwen3.8 Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.3 and Qwen3.8 Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-3-vs-qwen3-8-max
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 17
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.8 Max if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GLM-5.3 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3.8 Max leads overall 71.69 to 65.44.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 77.1 for GLM-5.3 and 87.7 for Qwen3.8 Max.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Agents' Last Exam in Agentic, with scores of 28.5% and 52.4%.
- Qwen3.8 Max is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.3 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 65.44 | 71.69 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 60 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: GLM-5.3
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 67.4 (Supported · #9/117)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 64.8 (Supported · #11/117)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.2% | 86.6% | 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% | 72.5% | GLM-5.3 |
| AutomationBench | 48.2% | 27.3% | GLM-5.3 |
| Agents' Last Exam | 28.5% | 52.4% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| HLE w/ tools | 62.5% | 56.2% | GLM-5.3 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 71.5% | 67.4% | GLM-5.3 |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 74.8% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 70.2% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 19.4% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 66.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| MobileWorld | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GLM-5.3
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 56.8 (Supported · #24/142)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 55.6 (Supported · #26/142)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.2% | 86.6% | GLM-5.3 |
| terminalBench3 | 28.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 66.9% | 56.6% | GLM-5.3 |
| NL2Repo | 58% | 55.9% | GLM-5.3 |
| ProgramBench | 19.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | 78.1% | 73.5% | GLM-5.3 |
| sweMarathon | 42.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrain Bench | 39.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 78.3% | 81.2% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 60.8% | 60.8% | Tie |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 30.2% | 15.8% | GLM-5.3 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 80.5% | 87.9% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 95.4% | 85.6% | GLM-5.3 |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 41.0% | Coming soon |
| PaperBench | Coming soon | 93.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 77.1 (#11/27)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 87.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 66.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 88.4 (#5/50)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 82.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 95.2% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 97.7% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 82.0% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 91.3% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 24.0% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | Coming soon | 49.0% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 69.0% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 92.1% | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 79.6% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | Coming soon | 63.5% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 88.7% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 82.4% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 90.8% | Coming soon |
| LVBench | Coming soon | 81.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Qwen3.8 Max
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 61.9 (Supported · #35/168)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 66.7 (Supported · #20/168)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 88.1% | 93.7% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.8% | 88.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 92.6% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 92.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 43.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 43.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 90.5 (#16/124)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5.3 or Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5.3 and Qwen3.8 Max?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 77.1 for GLM-5.3 and 87.7 for Qwen3.8 Max.

### 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 Qwen3.8 Max cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8 Max currently has 60 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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