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GLM-5.3vsGrok 4.20 Non-Reasoning
GLM-5.3 and Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning do not yet share a public benchmark, so quality cannot be compared apples-to-apples. Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning is 1.5x cheaper per token. Both offer a 1M-token context window.
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
0
no overlap yet
Cheaper per token
Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning
1.5x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
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Z.ai · xAI
GLM-5.3
Z.ai · released 2026-08-14
text
Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning
xAI · released 2026-03-09
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
0 shared · 24 only GLM-5.3 · 0 only Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning| Benchmark | GLM-5.3 | Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 0 | ||||
| No public benchmark is reported for both models yet. | ||||
| Only GLM-5.3 reports · 24 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Agents' Last Exam | 28.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Agents' Last Exam (ALE-CLI) | 28.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AutomationBench v1.0.6 | 48.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| CyberGym | 84.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| DeepSWE v1.1 | 66.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| ExploitBench | 54.4% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| ExploitGym 2h | 105 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| ExploitGym 6h | 130 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 29.3% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 68.8% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| FrontierSWE | 78.1% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| GDPval-AA v2 | 1769 ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| HLE (with tools) | 62.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| NL2Repo | 58% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 91.1% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| PostTrainBench | 39.8% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| ProgramBench (Almost Solved) | 19% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 41% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-Marathon v1.1 | 42.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.2% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 28.3% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Toolathlon Verified | 73% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Z.ai Code Bench (max effort) | 34.5% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| Only Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning reports · 0 | ||||
| Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning reports nothing GLM-5.3 does not. | ||||
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is GLM-5.3 minus Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | GLM-5.3 | Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1M tokens | Tie |
| Max output | 131K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $1.4 ↗ | $1.25 ↗ | Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning |
| Output price / 1M | $4.4 ↗ | $2.5 ↗ | Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.26 ↗ | $0.2 ↗ | Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $5.8 | $3.75 | Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning |
| Modalities | text | text · vision | Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning |
| Released | 2026-08-14 | 2026-03-09 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 33 | 0 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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