Claude Opus 4.7 vs GLM-5.3
Wins 2 of 7 areas
Facts · Math
Wins 5 of 7 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Long documents · Following instructions
GLM-5.3 is the stronger all-rounder.Claude Opus 4.7 is better at math.
Scores updated · 33 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the seven areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software13GLM-5.33 of 5 tests · 1 tie
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own02GLM-5.32 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking12GLM-5.32 of 5 tests · 2 ties
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts01GLM-5.31 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01GLM-5.31 of 1 test
- MathCompetition and research-level math30Claude Opus 4.73 of 3 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up21Claude Opus 4.72 of 3 tests
Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
GLM-5.3 costs 81% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where GLM-5.3 pulls ahead
- Customer-service tasks in a simulated bankτ-Bench V3 · Banking+15.7points ahead
- Real work tasks from 44 professionsGDPVal+14.9points ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+12.7points ahead
Where Claude Opus 4.7 pulls ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+15points ahead
- Short factual questions, answered correctlySimpleQA Verified+10.7points ahead
- Fresh competition math problemsLiveBench · Mathematics+5points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 33 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingGLM-5.3
- LiveBench · Agentic CodingGLM-5.3 by 10.250.760.9+10.2
- LMArena · WebDevGLM-5.3 by 65 rating points15571622+65 rating
- SciCodeGLM-5.3 by 4.554.559+4.5
- LiveBench · CodingClaude Opus 4.7 by 3.182.179+3.1
- Terminal-Bench 2.1tie83.183.9tie
AgentsGLM-5.3
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingGLM-5.3 by 15.734.650.3+15.7
- GDPValGLM-5.3 by 14.942.657.5+14.9
- AA IT-Bench SREtie46.746.1tie
ReasoningGLM-5.3
- CritPtGLM-5.3 by 7.11219.1+7.1
- SimpleBenchGLM-5.3 by 4.561.766.2+4.5
- LiveBench · ReasoningClaude Opus 4.7 by 1.487.285.8+1.4
- GPQA Diamondtie91.491.7tie
- Humanity's Last Examtie42.342.3tie
FactsClaude Opus 4.7
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyClaude Opus 4.7 by 1548.933.9+15
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationGLM-5.3 by 12.757.770.4+12.7
- SimpleQA VerifiedClaude Opus 4.7 by 10.751.741+10.7
MathClaude Opus 4.7
- LiveBench · MathematicsClaude Opus 4.7 by 592.887.9+5
- FrontierMath Tier 4Claude Opus 4.7 by 2.431.729.3+2.4
- FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2)Claude Opus 4.7 by 1.470.268.8+1.4
Following instructionsGLM-5.3
- LiveBench · Instruction FollowingGLM-5.3 by 2.666.769.3+2.6
Other results12 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- HiL-Bench (Tools-allowed)GLM-5.3 by 16.641.758.3+16.6
- AA Agentic IndexGLM-5.3 by 13.939.553.4+13.9
- ToolathlonGLM-5.3 by 13.759.373+13.7
- AA-OmniscienceClaude Opus 4.7 by 1327.314.3+13
- DeepSWEGLM-5.3 by 12.95466.9+12.9
- CyberGymGLM-5.3 by 11.473.184.5+11.4
- livebench_data_analysisClaude Opus 4.7 by 8.178.370.2+8.1
- HLE (with tools)GLM-5.3 by 7.854.762.5+7.8
- AA IntelligenceGLM-5.3 by 4.140.744.8+4.1
- DeepSWE v1.1 (Resolved)Claude Opus 4.7 by 2.969.866.9+2.9
- livebench_languageGLM-5.3 by 277.979.9+2
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexGLM-5.3 by 1.273.674.8+1.2
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Opus 4.7 or GLM-5.3?
GLM-5.3 wins five of the seven areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, long documents and following instructions. Claude Opus 4.7 wins facts and math.
Which is better for coding?
GLM-5.3. It wins 3 of the 5 coding tests both models report; Claude Opus 4.7 wins 1, and 1 is a tie.
Which is cheaper?
Claude Opus 4.7 costs $5.00 per million input tokens and $25.00 per million output tokens; GLM-5.3 costs $1.40 and $4.40. That makes GLM-5.3 about 81% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 33 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 21 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 12 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.