BenchLeader

GLM 5.3 vs Muse Spark 1.2

Verdict
  • GLM 5.3 (max) and Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh) are level on quality (60.0 vs 60.7).
  • GLM 5.3 (max) is stronger in agents & tools, coding, maths.
  • Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh) is stronger in human preference, knowledge, reasoning, composite, multimodal.
  • They cost about the same ($2.00 per 1M blended).
  • Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh) streams 2.8× faster (184 vs 66 tokens per second).
MetricGLM 5.3 (max)Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh)
BenchLeader Index60.060.7
Agents & tools score52.850.3
Coding score64.356.7
Human preference score68.970.6
Knowledge score55.865.2
Maths score60.0
Reasoning score66.969.3
Composite score60.4
Multimodal score66.4
Blended price $/M$2.15$2.00
Output speed66 tok/s184 tok/s
Time to first answer33.5 s24.9 s
Context window1M1.0M
GPQA Diamond90.9%
FrontierMath Tiers 1–368.8%
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%
OTIS Mock AIME91.1%
SimpleQA Verified41.0%60.3%
Terminal-Bench41.8%
SciCode56.5%56.4%
WeirdML75.4%60.3%
ProofBench49.0%
LMArena Text14861499
LMArena Hard Prompts15091513
LMArena Coding15261535
LMArena WebDev16141534
LMArena Vision1304
LMArena Agent2.6-1.8
LiveBench78.0%
LiveBench Reasoning90.0%
LiveBench Coding77.5%
LiveBench Agentic Coding57.6%
LiveBench Mathematics91.2%
LiveBench Data Analysis76.5%
LiveBench Language78.6%
LiveCodeBench80.5%
MMLU-Pro86.8%88.3%
IOI68.4%21.8%
LegalBench84.8%85.3%
CorpFin70.9%
TaxEval72.4%80.4%
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)71.5%69.7%
SWE-bench (Vals)95.4%86.6%
GPQA Diamond (Vals)88.1%
Vals Index57.057.0

Data as of 2026-09-13. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.

GLM 5.3 vs Muse Spark 1.2: questions

Is GLM 5.3 better than Muse Spark 1.2?
GLM 5.3 (max) and Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh) are level on quality (60.0 vs 60.7). The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh) is ahead overall as of 2026-09-13, but check the category scores for your use.
Is GLM 5.3 better than Muse Spark 1.2 for coding?
GLM 5.3 scores higher in coding (64 vs 57 on the category index, where 50 is average).
Is GLM 5.3 better than Muse Spark 1.2 for agentic tasks?
GLM 5.3 scores higher in agentic tasks (53 vs 50 on the category index, where 50 is average).
Which is cheaper, GLM 5.3 or Muse Spark 1.2?
Muse Spark 1.2 is cheaper: $2.00 against $2.15 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
Which is faster, GLM 5.3 or Muse Spark 1.2?
Muse Spark 1.2 streams faster: 184 against 66 output tokens per second.
Which has the larger context window?
Muse Spark 1.2 accepts more context: 1.0M against 1M tokens.