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GLM 5.3 Flash vs MiniMax M3

GLM 5.3 Flash leads MiniMax M3 on coding, 57.7 to 39.2 on the Vibe Coding Index, and GLM 5.3 Flash costs 2.4x less per output token ($0.50 vs $1.20 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 91 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace GLM 5.3 Flash Replace MiniMax M3
GLM 5.3 FlashZ.ai
Coding
57.7
Overall
66.0
Output $/M
$0.50
80
MiniMax M3MiniMax
Coding
39.2
Overall
51.7
Output $/M
$1.20
10
vs boards won of 91 shared, 1 tied

GLM 5.3 Flash or MiniMax M3: which to pick

Pick GLM 5.3 Flash for coding: it scores 57.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 39.2 for MiniMax M3.

Pick MiniMax M3 for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) or Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI), where it leads.

Model AGLM 5.3 FlashZ.ai57.7/1006 independent benchmarks$0.02 per solved taskModel BMiniMax M3MiniMax39.2/1006 independent benchmarks$0.56 per solved task
Shared results
91
GLM 5.3 Flash only
11
MiniMax M3 only
25
Like-for-like categories
8 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
GLM 5.3 Flash 57.7 from 6 benchmarks, MiniMax M3 39.2 from 6 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 19.4 points apart on average over 9 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LiveBench browser: GLM 5.3 Flash 84.0% against MiniMax M3 8.0%, 76.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
GLM 5.3 Flash $0.50 against MiniMax M3 $1.20 per million output tokens, 2.4x apart.
Context window
Both take 1.05M tokens.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGLM 5.3 FlashBarsMiniMax M3Ties
Coding164
Intelligence20
Agentic work90
Reasoning931 tie
Math40
Knowledge61
Web design90
General252
All shared boards80101 tie
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index164
Coding benchmarks for GLM 5.3 Flash and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGLM 5.3 FlashMiniMax M3Leader
LiveBench coding80.6%70.9%GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena WebDev16071482GLM 5.3 Flash
AA Coding Index71.558.6GLM 5.3 Flash
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)80.5%82.2%MiniMax M3
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)92.0%75.0%GLM 5.3 Flash
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)37.4%1.0%GLM 5.3 Flash
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)30.8%47.6%MiniMax M3
Code migration (Vals AI)20.5%19.9%GLM 5.3 Flash
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%Not measuredOnly GLM 5.3 Flash measured
IOI (Vals AI)52.5%Not measuredOnly GLM 5.3 Flash measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)62.9%53.6%GLM 5.3 Flash
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)Not measured33.3%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)16.0%9.2%GLM 5.3 Flash
SkillsBench (Vals AI)40.2%51.5%MiniMax M3
CyberBench (Vals AI)67.9%65.0%GLM 5.3 Flash
SciCode51.6%47.1%GLM 5.3 Flash
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured42.4%Only MiniMax M3 measured
FrontierCode31.8%14.7%GLM 5.3 Flash
FrontierSWE18.1%Not measuredOnly GLM 5.3 Flash measured
ALE-Bench303.6640.0MiniMax M3
LMArena Text: coding15071470GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: software and IT15001466GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena WebDev: React16241478GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena WebDev: HTML15771455GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena WebDev: from an image15781470GLM 5.3 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for GLM 5.3 Flash and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGLM 5.3 FlashMiniMax M3Leader
AA Intelligence Index41.829.2GLM 5.3 Flash
Epoch Capabilities Index153.1146.9GLM 5.3 Flash
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index90
Agentic work benchmarks for GLM 5.3 Flash and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGLM 5.3 FlashMiniMax M3Leader
AA Agentic Index50.929.5GLM 5.3 Flash
Design Arena: agents building web appsNot measured1200Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack appsNot measured1197Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile appsNot measured1169Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building Android appsNot measured1159Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building gamesNot measured1158Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: HTML slidesNot measured1130Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slidesNot measured1181Only MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: spreadsheetsNot measured1028Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench research70.1%68.0%GLM 5.3 Flash
LiveBench browser84.0%8.0%GLM 5.3 Flash
LiveBench long agentic28.4%12.4%GLM 5.3 Flash
SREBench (Vals AI)0.8%Not measuredOnly GLM 5.3 Flash measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)57.9%48.3%GLM 5.3 Flash
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)31.6%20.6%GLM 5.3 Flash
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)45.2%29.8%GLM 5.3 Flash
Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI)10.4%Not measuredOnly GLM 5.3 Flash measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)55.9%47.8%GLM 5.3 Flash
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)2.9%Not measuredOnly GLM 5.3 Flash measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured88.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
APEX-Agents52.8%37.7%GLM 5.3 Flash
OSWorld 2.0Not measured4.6%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Vending-Bench 2Not measured$2,158Only MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index93
Reasoning benchmarks for GLM 5.3 Flash and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGLM 5.3 FlashMiniMax M3Leader
GPQA Diamond86.4%92.7%MiniMax M3
LiveBench reasoning77.6%74.5%GLM 5.3 Flash
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)86.0%81.2%GLM 5.3 Flash
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)91.2%92.9%MiniMax M3
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)39.9%39.0%GLM 5.3 Flash
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)90.2%90.9%MiniMax M3
ARC-AGI91.0%Not measuredOnly GLM 5.3 Flash measured
ARC-AGI-265.8%Not measuredOnly GLM 5.3 Flash measured
SimpleBenchNot measured45.8%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Chess puzzles21.0%13.0%GLM 5.3 Flash
Mystery game puzzles8.0%8.0%Tie
LMArena Text: hard prompts14901447GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: expert15111461GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14881455GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Vision: diagrams13171266GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Vision: homework13181268GLM 5.3 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Math benchmarks for GLM 5.3 Flash and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGLM 5.3 FlashMiniMax M3Leader
OTIS Mock AIME93.9%71.1%GLM 5.3 Flash
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 355.8%Not measuredOnly GLM 5.3 Flash measured
FrontierMath, tier 417.1%Not measuredOnly GLM 5.3 Flash measured
ProofBench21.0%18.0%GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: math15031429GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: mathematical work14971448GLM 5.3 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index61
Knowledge benchmarks for GLM 5.3 Flash and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGLM 5.3 FlashMiniMax M3Leader
MMLU Pro86.1%84.2%GLM 5.3 Flash
LegalBench (Vals AI)83.9%85.4%MiniMax M3
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured68.1%Only MiniMax M3 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)75.6%72.7%GLM 5.3 Flash
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured68.4%Only MiniMax M3 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured46.3%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: science14841452GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14751441GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: legal and government14731437GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: business and finance14601434GLM 5.3 Flash
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index90
Web design benchmarks for GLM 5.3 Flash and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGLM 5.3 FlashMiniMax M3Leader
Design Arena: websites12721257GLM 5.3 Flash
Design Arena: UI components13161242GLM 5.3 Flash
Design Arena: game dev12781210GLM 5.3 Flash
Design Arena: data viz12621236GLM 5.3 Flash
Design Arena: 3D13161208GLM 5.3 Flash
Design Arena: all code categories12821247GLM 5.3 Flash
Design Arena: SVG12851161GLM 5.3 Flash
Design Arena: ASCII art12671161GLM 5.3 Flash
LiveBench design77.2%66.2%GLM 5.3 Flash
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index252
General benchmarks for GLM 5.3 Flash and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGLM 5.3 FlashMiniMax M3Leader
Vals Index50.9%Not measuredOnly GLM 5.3 Flash measured
LiveBench data analysis76.4%76.2%GLM 5.3 Flash
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)Not measured64.1%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured50.6%Only MiniMax M3 measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)88.9%87.3%GLM 5.3 Flash
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured60.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
IFBenchNot measured82.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)80.0%83.0%MiniMax M3
DTBenchNot measured78.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMCANot measured33.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Surface Evolver Bench52.5%55.0%MiniMax M3
LMArena Text14711433GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: instruction following14781433GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: creative writing14411404GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Vision12941251GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: English14741443GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: non-English14621420GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: Chinese15311466GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: German14621428GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: Japanese14441380GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: Korean14361373GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: French14911444GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: Spanish14751433GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: Russian14651426GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: Polish14501423GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: multi-turn14691443GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: longer queries14811446GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: writing and language14551419GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14401403GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Vision: English12951263GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Vision: Chinese13631311GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Vision: reading text12991259GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Vision: humor12791235GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena Vision: recognizing thingsNot measured1197Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing12701234GLM 5.3 Flash
LMArena DocumentNot measured1435Only MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for GLM 5.3 Flash and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkGLM 5.3 FlashMiniMax M3Leader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

GLM 5.3 Flash$0.0004Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.0009Fits in one request

GLM 5.3 Flash costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

GLM 5.3 Flash$0.0090Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.019Fits in one request

GLM 5.3 Flash costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

GLM 5.3 Flash$0.035Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.072Fits in one request

GLM 5.3 Flash costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of GLM 5.3 Flash and MiniMax M3
SpecificationZ.ai GLM 5.3 FlashMiniMax M3
MakerZ.aiMiniMax
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedAugust 26, 2026May 31, 2026
Context window1.05M1.05M
Input $/Mtok$0.15$0.30
Output $/Mtok$0.50$1.20
Coding index57.739.2
Independent measurements behind it66
Cost per solved task$0.02$0.56
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is GLM 5.3 Flash better than MiniMax M3 for coding?

Pick GLM 5.3 Flash for coding: it scores 57.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 39.2 for MiniMax M3. Pick MiniMax M3 for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) or Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI), where it leads.

Which is cheaper, GLM 5.3 Flash or MiniMax M3?

GLM 5.3 Flash costs $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; MiniMax M3 costs $0.30 and $1.20. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, GLM 5.3 Flash costs $0.02 and MiniMax M3 $0.56.

Which has the bigger context window, GLM 5.3 Flash or MiniMax M3?

Neither: both take 1.05M tokens.

How many benchmarks is the GLM 5.3 Flash vs MiniMax M3 comparison based on?

91 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. GLM 5.3 Flash's coding index rests on 6 independent benchmarks and MiniMax M3's on 6. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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