BenchLeader

GLM 5.3 Flash vs GPT-6 Sol

Verdict
  • GPT-6 Sol (max) leads on quality: 67.7 vs 63.4.
  • GLM 5.3 Flash is stronger in agents & tools, coding, human preference, maths.
  • GPT-6 Sol (max) is stronger in composite, knowledge, long context, multimodal, reasoning.
  • GLM 5.3 Flash is 17× cheaper ($0.238 vs $4.00 per 1M blended).
  • GPT-6 Sol (max) streams 2.1× faster (126 vs 61 tokens per second).
MetricGLM 5.3 FlashGPT-6 Sol (max)
BenchLeader Index63.467.7
Agents & tools score64.3
Coding score65.7
Composite score60.286.2
Human preference score67.6
Knowledge score66.375.4
Long context score65.867.7
Maths score71.1
Multimodal score65.367.1
Reasoning score68.595.0
Blended price $/M$0.238$4.00
Output speed61 tok/s126 tok/s
Time to first answer35.7 s107.2 s
Context window1M1.1M
SciCode51.6%
APEX-Agents52.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.9
LMArena Text1475
LMArena Hard Prompts1498
LMArena Coding1525
LMArena WebDev1607
LMArena Vision1299
LMArena Agent1.1
LiveBench71.6%
LiveBench Reasoning77.6%
LiveBench Coding79.0%
LiveBench Agentic Coding56.8%
LiveBench Mathematics81.2%
LiveBench Data Analysis76.4%
LiveBench Language77.3%
LiveBench Instruction Following52.8%
AA Intelligence Index41.847.5
AA-LCR80.0%83.7%
MMMU-Pro83.3%
AA-Omniscience7.527.1
GPQA Diamond (AA)91.2%
Humanity's Last Exam (AA)39.9%47.9%
SciCode (AA)51.6%57.6%
CritPt15.4%30.9%
GDPval (AA)57.0%49.4%
τ²-Bench Banking (AA)47.2%
LMArena Maths1513
LMArena Creative Writing1435
LMArena Instruction Following1471
LMArena Multi-turn1475
LMArena Longer Queries1476
BTF-314.9%
Terminal-Bench 4.0 (AA)32.8%43.9%
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (AA)84.3%
AutomationBench60.4%61.6%
GDP.pdf15.4%24.8%
MLCR51.1%16.1%
EnterpriseOps-Gym33.2%
AA-Omniscience: accuracy27.5%54.5%
AA-Omniscience: non-hallucination72.4%39.9%
AA-Briefcase14591483
AA Openness Index44.4

Data as of 2026-09-23. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.

GLM 5.3 Flash vs GPT-6 Sol: questions

Is GLM 5.3 Flash better than GPT-6 Sol?
GPT-6 Sol (max) leads on quality: 67.7 vs 63.4. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; GPT-6 Sol (max) is ahead overall as of 2026-09-23, but check the category scores for your use.
Which is cheaper, GLM 5.3 Flash or GPT-6 Sol?
GLM 5.3 Flash is cheaper: $0.238 against $4.00 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
Which is faster, GLM 5.3 Flash or GPT-6 Sol?
GPT-6 Sol streams faster: 126 against 61 output tokens per second.
Which has the larger context window?
GPT-6 Sol accepts more context: 1.1M against 1M tokens.