# GLM-5.3 vs Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GLM-5.3 and Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/glm-5-3-vs-reflection-beam-nvfp4
- Last updated: October 16, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 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

- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 leads overall 70 to 67.87.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 71.5 for GLM-5.3 and 87.9 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is DeepSWE in Coding, with scores of 66.9% and 42.7%.
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GLM-5.3 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Z.AI | Reflection AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 67.87 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 70.2 (Supported · #8/128)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.2% | 78.4% | 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% | 51.1% | GLM-5.3 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 71.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Hermes Index | 39.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Hermes Bench | 71.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 35.4% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 75.6% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 81.1% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 56.4 (Supported · #28/150)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.2% | 78.4% | GLM-5.3 |
| terminalBench3 | 28.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 66.9% | 42.7% | GLM-5.3 |
| 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 |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 65.6% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 31.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 77.5% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 80.7% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 46.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 80.6 (#13/28)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 85.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 15.4% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 67.2% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 62.6 (Supported · #43/184)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 88.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.3% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 34.8% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 86.2 (#44/148)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 31.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GLM-5.3 public-lane score: 71.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 public-lane score: 87.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 68.772% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 29.268% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 97.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GLM-5.3 or Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GLM-5.3 and Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 71.5 for GLM-5.3 and 87.9 for Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4.

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

GLM-5.3 currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 cover on BenchLM?

Beam 1.0 501B-A23B NVFP4 currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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