Comparing 2 models
Muse Spark 1.3 vs GLM 5.3
Benchmarks through
Verdict
GLM 5.3 places higher on 2 of the 2 tasks where both are ranked. GLM 5.3 costs 15.8x less per input token. Only GLM 5.3 has open weights for self-hosting.
- Choose GLM 5.3 for Fast Summaries (#4), Value LLM (#4), 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 1.3 | GLM 5.3 | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena Coding | 1353 Elo | 1307 Elo | source · 2026-10-16 |
| Design Arena UI | 1344 Elo | 1314 Elo | source · 2026-10-16 |
| Design Arena Website | 1348 Elo | 1298 Elo | source · 2026-10-16 |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (Epoch AI) | 74% ± 2.6 | 68.8% ± 2.7 | source · 2026-09-18 |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (Epoch AI) | 74.4% ± 2.6 | 68.8% ± 2.7 | source · 2026-09-16 |
| LiveBench Agentic Coding | 64.1% | 60.9% | source · 2026-10-16 |
| LiveBench Coding | 81.1% | 79.0% | source · 2026-10-16 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 79.6% | 70.2% | source · 2026-10-16 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78% | 69.3% | source · 2026-10-16 |
| LiveBench Language | 82.8% | 79.9% | source · 2026-10-16 |
| LiveBench Math | 96.0% | 87.9% | source · 2026-10-16 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 89.7% | 85.8% | source · 2026-10-16 |
| LMArena Agent | 3.6 | 2 | source · 2026-10-14 |
| LMArena Agent Bash Recovery | 6.1 | -0.1 | source · 2026-10-08 |
| LMArena Agent Steerability | 5.6 | 0.4 | source · 2026-10-14 |
| LMArena Agent Task Outcome | 4.9 | 3.8 | source · 2026-10-14 |
| LMArena Agent Tool Hallucination | 0.6 | 0.6 | source · 2026-10-14 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1460 Elo | 1456 Elo | source · 2026-10-15 |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1478 Elo | 1476 Elo | source · 2026-10-15 |
| LMArena Long Query | 1488 Elo | 1481 Elo | source · 2026-10-15 |
| LMArena Math | 1496 Elo | 1491 Elo | source · 2026-10-15 |
| LMArena Text | 1494 Elo | 1479 Elo | source · 2026-10-15 |
| LMArena Text Factuality | 1479 Elo | 1466 Elo | source · 2026-10-15 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1659 Elo | 1621 Elo | source · 2026-10-13 |
| OTIS Mock AIME (Epoch AI) | 99.2% ± 0.6 | 91.1% ± 3.5 | source · 2026-09-17 |
| Terminal-Bench (4.0) | 14.6% | 41.8% | source · 2026-10-16 |
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.