Which is better: Kimi K3 or GLM-5.3?

Verdict: Kimi K3 ranks higher (#13 vs #14); GLM-5.3 wins 6 of 8 shared benchmarks; GLM-5.3 costs less ($1.40/$4.40 vs $3.00/$15.0 per 1M tokens). AskClash compares Kimi K3 and GLM-5.3 side by side across SWE-bench, GPQA, HLE, Terminal-Bench, coding agent scores, token pricing, AskClash ACB, and context window so you can see which model wins on each benchmark.

How do Kimi K3 and GLM-5.3 compare on coding benchmarks?

The comparison table shows SWE-bench, SWE-Pro, SWE-Atlas, Terminal-Bench, DeepSWE, and coding agent index scores for both Kimi K3 and GLM-5.3 when publicly disclosed.

LLM Comparison

Kimi K3 vs GLM-5.3: benchmark scores, pricing & comparison.

Side-by-side Kimi K3 vs GLM-5.3 comparison across SWE-bench, GPQA, HLE, Terminal-Bench, coding agent scores, token pricing, context window, and AskClash RWT. Green marks the winner on each benchmark.

Verdict: Kimi K3 ranks higher (#13 vs #14); GLM-5.3 wins 6 of 8 shared benchmarks; GLM-5.3 costs less ($1.40/$4.40 vs $3.00/$15.0 per 1M tokens).

Open live leaderboard Kimi K3 model page GLM-5.3 model page

Rank #13 vs #14AskClash overall scores 65.9 vs 65.9.

Pricing $3.00/$15.0 vs $1.40/$4.40Input and output token prices per 1M tokens when published.

Open Weight vs Open WeightMoonshot AI vs Z.AI.

Kimi K3 vs GLM-5.3 benchmark comparison

Green cells highlight the winning model for each metric. Scores are cached from the AskClash LLM leaderboard snapshot.

Metric	Kimi K3	GLM-5.3
Overall Score	65.9	65.9
Leaderboard Rank	#13	#14
ACB	57.7	62.2
RWT	8.0	8.5
Coding Agent Index	51.9	—
HLE	43.5	62.5
GPQA	93.5	91.7
SWE-Atlas	66.1	—
Terminal-Bench	88.3	88.2
DeepSWE	68.5	69.0
GDPval-AA	1668.0	1769.0
MCP Atlas	84.2	—
Finance Agent	54.4	55.8
CharXiv	84.8	—
MMMU-Pro	81.6	—
ARC-AGI 2	60.4	—
Input Price (per 1M tokens)	$3.00	$1.40
Output Price (per 1M tokens)	$15.0	$4.40
Context Window	1M	1M
Benchmarks Published	16	10

Kimi K3 vs GLM-5.3 head-to-head charts

Kimi K3 leads 3 and GLM-5.3 leads 6 of 9 shared benchmarks. GLM-5.3 is cheaper on a defined 1M-input / 200K-output workload. Charts show only benchmarks both models publish.

Kimi K3GLM-5.3

Overall

65.9Kimi K3

65.9GLM-5.3

ACB

57.7Kimi K3

62.2GLM-5.3

RWT

8.0Kimi K3

8.5GLM-5.3

HLE

43.5Kimi K3

62.5GLM-5.3

GPQA

93.5Kimi K3

91.7GLM-5.3

Terminal-Bench

88.3Kimi K3

88.2GLM-5.3

DeepSWE

68.5Kimi K3

69.0GLM-5.3

GDPval-AA

1668.0Kimi K3

1769.0GLM-5.3

Finance Agent

54.4Kimi K3

55.8GLM-5.3

Kimi K3

Input$3.00

Output$15.0

Workload$6.00

Context1M

GLM-5.3

Input$1.40

Output$4.40

Workload$2.28

Context1M

Workload = published cost of 1M input + 200K output tokens. Open the live leaderboard for interactive compare charts.

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How to read this comparison

Benchmark scores

Higher is better for all benchmark scores (SWE-bench, GPQA, HLE, Terminal-Bench, etc.). Green marks the model with the higher score.

Token pricing

Lower is better for input and output prices. Green marks the cheaper model per 1M tokens.

Coverage matters

Models with fewer disclosed benchmark cells may have inflated percentile scores. Check the benchmark cell count for context.

This comparison page is generated from the AskClash LLM leaderboard cache. Open the live leaderboard for real-time scores and interactive filtering.