GLM 5.3 vs Muse Spark
GLM 5.3 
Muse Spark Verdict
- Muse Spark leads on quality: 65.6 vs 60.0.
- GLM 5.3 (max) is stronger in maths.
- Muse Spark is stronger in agents & tools, coding, human preference, knowledge, reasoning, composite, instruction following, long context, multimodal.
| Metric | GLM 5.3 (max) | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| BenchLeader Index | 60.0 | 65.6 |
| Agents & tools score | 52.9 | 66.4 |
| Coding score | 65.2 | 66.2 |
| Human preference score | 68.6 | 69.3 |
| Knowledge score | 55.8 | 64.6 |
| Maths score | 60.0 | 56.4 |
| Reasoning score | 66.9 | 70.2 |
| Composite score | – | 68.6 |
| Instruction following score | – | 79.7 |
| Long context score | – | 65.5 |
| Multimodal score | – | 65.9 |
| Blended price $/M | $2.15 | – |
| Output speed | 56 tok/s | – |
| Time to first answer | 37.4 s | – |
| Context window | 1.3M | 262k |
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% | 89.8% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 | 68.8% | – |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 29.3% | – |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 91.1% | 88.9% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 41.0% | – |
| Humanity's Last Exam | – | 40.6% |
| Terminal-Bench | 41.8% | – |
| SciCode | 56.5% | 51.5% |
| WeirdML | 75.4% | – |
| ProofBench | 49.0% | 17.0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | – | 152.1 |
| LMArena Text | 1482 | 1488 |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1507 | 1505 |
| LMArena Coding | 1528 | 1526 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1613 | – |
| LMArena Vision | – | 1306 |
| LMArena Agent | 2.6 | – |
| AA Intelligence Index | – | 31.3 |
| IFBench | – | 75.9% |
| AA-LCR | – | 78.0% |
| MMMU-Pro | – | 80.5% |
| AA-Omniscience | – | 7.2 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard | – | 45.5% |
| GPQA Diamond (AA) | – | 88.4% |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA) | – | 40.7% |
| τ²-Bench Telecom (AA) | – | 91.5% |
| AIME (Vals) | – | 96.9% |
| LiveCodeBench | 80.5% | – |
| MMLU-Pro | 86.8% | 87.3% |
| LegalBench | 84.8% | 84.2% |
| CorpFin | – | 65.1% |
| TaxEval | 72.4% | 77.7% |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 71.5% | – |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 95.4% | 74.4% |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 88.1% | 89.7% |
| Vals Index | 57.0 | – |
| SWE-Bench Pro | – | 55.0% |
| MCP Atlas | – | 82.2% |
| MultiChallenge | – | 75.5% |
| PRBench Finance | – | 52.4% |
| PRBench Legal | – | 52.3% |
| MultiNRC | – | 59.0% |
| TutorBench | – | 68.5% |
Data as of 2026-09-10. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.
GLM 5.3 vs Muse Spark: questions
- Is GLM 5.3 better than Muse Spark?
- Muse Spark leads on quality: 65.6 vs 60.0. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; Muse Spark is ahead overall as of 2026-09-10, but check the category scores for your use.
- Is GLM 5.3 better than Muse Spark for coding?
- Muse Spark scores higher in coding (66 vs 65 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Is GLM 5.3 better than Muse Spark for agentic tasks?
- Muse Spark scores higher in agentic tasks (66 vs 53 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Which has the larger context window?
- GLM 5.3 accepts more context: 1.3M against 262k tokens.