Comparing 2 models
Muse Spark 1.2 vs GLM 5.3 Flash
Benchmarks through
Verdict
Muse Spark 1.2 places higher on 4 of the 4 tasks where both are ranked. GLM 5.3 Flash costs 51.4x less per input token. Only GLM 5.3 Flash has open weights for self-hosting.
- Choose Muse Spark 1.2 for Document Parsing (#4), OCR & Documents (#4), Charts & Diagrams (#5).
- Choose GLM 5.3 Flash for you need to self-host.
Built from the published task rankings below; ranks come from each task's own weighted benchmarks, so a win on one task says nothing about another.
Measured head to head
Benchmarks both models were run on
| Evaluation | Muse Spark 1.2 | GLM 5.3 Flash | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena Coding | 1315 Elo | 1285 Elo | source · 2026-10-16 |
| Design Arena UI | 1302 Elo | 1318 Elo | source · 2026-10-16 |
| Design Arena Website | 1315 Elo | 1274 Elo | source · 2026-10-16 |
| LiveBench Agentic Coding | 57.6% | 56.8% | source · 2026-10-16 |
| LiveBench Coding | 77.5% | 79.0% | source · 2026-10-16 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 76.5% | 76.4% | source · 2026-10-16 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 74.3% | 52.8% | source · 2026-10-16 |
| LiveBench Language | 78.6% | 77.3% | source · 2026-10-16 |
| LiveBench Math | 91.2% | 81.2% | source · 2026-10-16 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 90% | 77.6% | source · 2026-10-16 |
| LMArena Agent | -6.5 | -1.1 | source · 2026-10-14 |
| LMArena Agent Bash Recovery | 5.8 | -5.7 | source · 2026-10-08 |
| LMArena Agent Steerability | -8.3 | -3 | source · 2026-10-14 |
| LMArena Agent Task Outcome | -7.9 | 3.9 | source · 2026-10-14 |
| LMArena Agent Tool Hallucination | 0.2 | 0.6 | source · 2026-10-14 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1440 Elo | 1441 Elo | source · 2026-10-15 |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1462 Elo | 1478 Elo | source · 2026-10-15 |
| LMArena Long Query | 1476 Elo | 1482 Elo | source · 2026-10-15 |
| LMArena Math | 1476 Elo | 1505 Elo | source · 2026-10-15 |
| LMArena Text | 1493 Elo | 1474 Elo | source · 2026-10-15 |
| LMArena Text Factuality | 1481 Elo | 1463 Elo | source · 2026-10-15 |
| LMArena Vision | 1293 Elo | 1273 Elo | source · 2026-10-09 |
| LMArena Vision Diagrams | 1317 Elo | 1306 Elo | source · 2026-10-09 |
| LMArena Vision OCR | 1307 Elo | 1284 Elo | source · 2026-10-09 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1533 Elo | 1606 Elo | source · 2026-10-13 |
Values are as published by each evaluator, in its own units; rows from different evaluators are not on a common scale.
task evidence
How they place when the question changes
Lower ranks are better. “Best” marks the strongest option in this shortlist for that task.